AGU Advances (Dec 2023)
Modeling Denitrification: Can We Report What We Don't Know?
- B. Grosz,
- A. Matson,
- K. Butterbach‐Bahl,
- T. Clough,
- E. A. Davidson,
- R. Dechow,
- S. DelGrosso,
- E. Diamantopoulos,
- P. Dörsch,
- E. Haas,
- H. He,
- C. V. Henri,
- D. Hui,
- K. Kleineidam,
- D. Kraus,
- M. Kuhnert,
- J. Léonard,
- C. Müller,
- S. O. Petersen,
- D. Sihi,
- I. Vogeler,
- R. Well,
- J. Yeluripati,
- J. Zhang,
- C. Scheer
Affiliations
- B. Grosz
- Thünen Institute of Climate‐Smart Agriculture Braunschweig Germany
- A. Matson
- Wageningen Environmental Research Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The Netherlands
- K. Butterbach‐Bahl
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK‐IFU) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Garmisch‐Partenkirchen Germany
- T. Clough
- Department of Soil & Physical Sciences Lincoln University Canterbury New Zealand
- E. A. Davidson
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Frostburg MD USA
- R. Dechow
- Thünen Institute of Climate‐Smart Agriculture Braunschweig Germany
- S. DelGrosso
- Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit USDA‐ARS Fort Collins CO USA
- E. Diamantopoulos
- Faculty for Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Science University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
- P. Dörsch
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Scinces Ås Norway
- E. Haas
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK‐IFU) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Garmisch‐Partenkirchen Germany
- H. He
- Department of Geography McGill University Montréal QC Canada
- C. V. Henri
- Department of Hydrology Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Copenhagen Denmark
- D. Hui
- Department of Biological Sciences Tennessee State University Nashville TN USA
- K. Kleineidam
- Liebig Centre for Agroecology and Climate Impact Research Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
- D. Kraus
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK‐IFU) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Garmisch‐Partenkirchen Germany
- M. Kuhnert
- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK
- J. Léonard
- BioEcoAgro Joint Research Unit INRAE Université de Liège Université de Lille Université de Picardie Jules Verne Barenton‐Bugny France
- C. Müller
- Liebig Centre for Agroecology and Climate Impact Research Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
- S. O. Petersen
- Department of Agroecology Aarhus University Tjele Denmark
- D. Sihi
- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
- I. Vogeler
- Department of Agroecology Aarhus University Tjele Denmark
- R. Well
- Thünen Institute of Climate‐Smart Agriculture Braunschweig Germany
- J. Yeluripati
- Information and Computational Sciences Department The James Hutton Institute Aberdeen UK
- J. Zhang
- Department of Agroecology Aarhus University Tjele Denmark
- C. Scheer
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK‐IFU) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Garmisch‐Partenkirchen Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2023AV000990
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract Biogeochemical models simulate soil nitrogen (N) turnover and are often used to assess N losses through denitrification. Though models simulate a complete N budget, often only a subset of N pools/fluxes (i.e., N2O, NO3−, NH3, NOx) are published since the full budget cannot be validated with measured data. Field studies rarely include full N balances, especially N2 fluxes, which are difficult to quantify. Limiting publication of modeling results based on available field data represents a missed opportunity to improve the understanding of modeled processes. We propose that the modeler community support publication of all simulated N pools and processes in future studies.
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