Skip to main content

Description

This data set provides global gridded estimates of atmospheric deposition of total inorganic nitrogen (N), NHx (NH3 and NH4+), and NOy (all oxidized forms of nitrogen other than N2O), in mg N/m2/year, for the years 1860 and 1993 and projections for the year 2050. The data set was generated using a global three-dimensional chemistry-transport model (TM3) with a spatial resolution of 5 degrees longitude by 3.75 degrees latitude (Jeuken et al., 2001; Lelieveld and Dentener, 2000). Nitrogen emissions estimates (Van Aardenne et al., 2001) and projection scenario data (IPCC, 1996; 2000) were used as input to the model. The model output grids were subdivided into 50 km x 50 km sub-grids to create spatially defined deposition maps. The gridded data were assigned to continental and marine regions using boundaries delineated on a world data coverage from ESRI (1993).The data are stored as ASCII text files (.txt), in tab delimited format. The data can be used to produce maps that illustrate both the temporal and spatial variability of atmospheric deposition of N, NHx, and NOy as well as the degree of alteration and regional heterogeneity in deposition through time. Nine data files are provided to produce the following maps:Global N Deposition (1860, 1993, and 2050)Global NHx Deposition (1860, 1993, and 2050)Global NOy Deposition (1860, 1993, and 2050).

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1860-01-01 to 2050-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2776896954-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
27
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Nitrogen Compounds ,
Nitrogen Oxides

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Dentener, F. J. (2006). Global Maps of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition, 1860, 1993, and 2050 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/830 Date Accessed: 2026-04-30

Documents

Publications Citing This Dataset

Filters
Title Year Author Topic
Ecohydrological Effects of Photovoltaic Plants in Kubuqi Desert Based on Ecohydrological Modelling and Field Observation Zhang, Zifu, Cong, Zhentao, Huang, Yangbin, Li, Sihan, Lei, Huimin, Yang, Dawen Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Asymmetric responses of roots and hyphae to inorganic and organic nutrient additions: a global meta-analysis Liu, Xiaoyue, Brunner, Ivano, Liu, Ziping, Dai, Guanhua, Xie, Lei, Leng, MingKai, Wang, Junni, Xu, Shihan, Zhou, Yingtong, Wang, Cunguo, Li, Mai-He Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Long-term climate warming weakens positive plant biomass responses globally Dang, Pengfei, Ciais, Philippe, Gao, Jiaxin, Zhu, Yunxiao, Xue, Jiquan, Qin, Xiaoliang, Ros, Gerard H. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Nutrient Loading From a Sustainably Certified Aquaculture Operation Dwarfs Annual Nutrient Inputs From a Large Multi-Use Watershed, Lake Yojoa, Honduras Fadum, J. M., Ross, M. R. V., Tenorio, E. A., Barby, C. A., Hall, E. K. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Niche complementarity stabilizes grassland biomass during drought and eutrophication Randall, Morgan J., MacDougall, Andrew S. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
The Importance of Inland Water CO2, CH4, and N2O for Summertime Greenhouse Gas Exchange With the Atmosphere in Arctic Tundra Lowlands Martyn Rosco, Melanie, Dean, Joshua F., Borges, Alberto V., Meisel, Ove H., van Logtestijn, Richard, Hensgens, Geert, Karsanaev, Sergei, Maximov, Trofim, Weedon, James T., Aerts, Rien, Vonk, Jorien E., Dolman, A. Johannes Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Naturalized species drive functional trait shifts in plant communities Garbowski, Magda, Laughlin, Daniel C., Blumenthal, Dana M., Sofaer, Helen R., Barnett, David T., Beaury, Evelyn M., Buonaiuto, Daniel M., Corbin, Jeffrey D., Dukes, Jeffrey S., Early, Regan, Nebhut, Andrea N., Petri, Lais, Vila, Montserrat, Pearse, Ian S. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Knowns and Unknowns in Future Human Pressures on the Ocean VargasFonseca, O. Alejandra, Frazier, Melanie, Lombard, Amanda T., Halpern, Benjamin S. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
A spatial and temporal dataset of atmospheric inorganic nitrogen wet deposition in China (1996 2015) Jia, Yanlong, Wang, Qiufeng, Zhu, Jianxing, Chen, Zhi, He, Nianpeng, Yu, Guirui Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Observed increasing light-use efficiency of terrestrial gross primary productivity Liu, Zhibin, He, Chenyang, Xu, Jiang, Sun, Huanfa, Dai, Xi, Cui, Erqian, Qiu, Chunjing, Xia, Jianyang, Huang, Kun Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Mapping global soil acidification under N deposition Chen, Chen, Xiao, Wenya, Chen, Han Y. H. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Mapping N deposition impacts on soil microbial biomass across global terrestrial ecosystems Chen, Chen, Chen, Xinli, Chen, Han Y.H. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Multibranch Modelling of Flow and Water Quality in the Dhaka River System, Bangladesh: Impacts of Future Development Plans and Climate Change Bussi, Gianbattista, Shawal, Shammi, Hossain, Mohammed Abed, Whitehead, Paul G., Jin, Li Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Carbon fluxes in spring wheat agroecosystem in India Reddy, Kangari Narender, Gahlot, Shilpa, Baidya Roy, Somnath, Varma, Gudimetla Venkateswara, Sehgal, Vinay Kumar, Vangala, Gayatri Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Universal temperature sensitivity of denitrification nitrogen losses in forest soils Yu, Haoming, Duan, Yihang, Mulder, Jan, Dorsch, Peter, Zhu, Weixing, Xu-Ri, Huang, Kai, Zheng, Zhoutao, Kang, Ronghua, Wang, Chao, Quan, Zhi, Zhu, Feifei, Liu, Dongwei, Peng, Shushi, Han, Shijie, Zhang, Yangjian, Fang, Yunting Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Land Use Classes
A 12% switch from monogastric to ruminant livestock production can reduce emissions and boost crop production for 525 million people Cheng, Luxi, Zhang, Xiuming, Reis, Stefan, Ren, Chenchen, Xu, Jianming, Gu, Baojing Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Intensive agriculture, nitrogen legacies, and water quality: intersections and implications Ilampooranan, Idhayachandhiran, Van Meter, Kimberly J, Basu, Nandita B Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
NearSurface Hydrology and Soil Properties Drive Heterogeneity in Permafrost Distribution, Vegetation Dynamics, and Carbon Cycling in a SubArctic Watershed Shirley, Ian A., Mekonnen, Zelalem A., Wainwright, Haruko, Romanovsky, Vladimir E., Grant, Robert F., Hubbard, Susan S., Riley, William J., Dafflon, Baptiste Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Heavy Precipitation Impacts on Nitrogen Loading to the Gulf of Mexico in the 21st Century: Model Projections Under Future Climate Scenarios Zhang, Jien, Lu, Chaoqun, Crumpton, William, Jones, Christopher, Tian, Hanqin, Villarini, Gabriele, Schilling, Keith, Green, David Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Rapidly changing high-latitude seasonality: implications for the 21st century carbon cycle in Alaska Shirley, Ian A, Mekonnen, Zelalem A, Grant, Robert F, Dafflon, Baptiste, Hubbard, Susan S, Riley, William J Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
The interaction of physical structure and nutrient loading drives ecosystem change in a large tropical lake over 40 years Fadum, Jemma M., Hall, Ed K. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Impacts of Multiple Environmental Changes on Longterm Nitrogen Loading from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Pan, Shufen, Bian, Zihao, Tian, Hanqin, Yao, Yuanzhi, Najjar, Raymond G., Friedrichs, Marjorie A. M., Hofmann, Eileen E., Xu, Rongting, Zhang, Bowen Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Impacts of Climate Change and Population Growth on River Nutrient Loads in a Data Scarce Region: The Upper Awash River (Ethiopia) Bussi, Gianbattista, Whitehead, Paul G., Jin, Li, Taye, Meron T., Dyer, Ellen, Hirpa, Feyera A., Yimer, Yosef Abebe, Charles, Katrina J. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Dual Role of Nitrogen: Essential Plant Mineral Element and Source of Inorganic Pollution Jakovljevic, Dragana, Stankovic, Milan Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Identifying contributions of climatic and atmospheric changes to autumn phenology over mid-high latitudes of Northern Hemisphere Guo, Mengdi, Wu, Chaoyang, Peng, Jie, Lu, Linlin, Li, Shihua Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Compounds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Nitrogen Oxides
Agroecological measures and circular economy strategies to ensure sufficient nitrogen for sustainable farming Morais, T.G., Teixeira, R.F.M., Lauk, C., Theurl, M.C., Winiwarter, W., Mayer, A., Kaufmann, L., Haberl, H., Domingos, T., Erb, K.-H. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
A novel representation of biological nitrogen fixation and competitive dynamics between nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing plants in a land model (GFDL LM4.1-BNF) Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian, Malyshev, Sergey, Martinez Cano, Isabel, Pacala, Stephen W., Shevliakova, Elena, Bytnerowicz, Thomas A., Menge, Duncan N. L. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Comprehensive valuation of the ecosystem services of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Turner, Adam C., Young, Margaret A., Moran, Matthew D., McClung, Maureen R. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Comparison of the distribution and phenology of Arctic Mountain plants between the early 20th and 21st centuries MacDougall, Andrew S., Caplat, Paul, Olofsson, Johan, Siewert, Matthias B., Bonner, Colin, Esch, Ellen, LessardTherrien, Malie, Rosenzweig, Hannah, Schafer, AnneKathrin, Raker, Pia, Ridha, Hassan, Bolmgren, Kjell, Fries, Thore C. E., Larson, Keith Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Nitrogen cycling in pastoral livestock systems in SubSaharan Africa: knowns and unknowns Carbonell, Victoria, Merbold, Lutz, DiazPines, Eugenio, Dowling, Thomas P. F., ButterbachBahl, Klaus Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Nitrogen legacies in anthropogenic landscapes: a case study in the Mondego Basin in Portugal Marques, Joao, Liu, Joy, Cunha, Maria C., Van Meter, Kimberly J., Basu, Nandita B. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks Tian, Hanqin, Xu, Rongting, Canadell, Josep G., Thompson, Rona L., Winiwarter, Wilfried, Suntharalingam, Parvadha, Davidson, Eric A., Ciais, Philippe, Jackson, Robert B., Janssens-Maenhout, Greet, Prather, Michael J., Regnier, Pierre, Pan, Naiqing, Pan, Shufen, Peters, Glen P., Shi, Hao, Tubiello, Francesco N., Zaehle, Sonke, Zhou, Feng, Arneth, Almut, Battaglia, Gianna, Berthet, Sarah, Bopp, Laurent, Bouwman, Alexander F., Buitenhuis, Erik T., Chang, Jinfeng, Chipperfield, Martyn P., Dangal, Shree R. S., Dlugokencky, Edward, Elkins, James W., Eyre, Bradley D., Fu, Bojie, Hall, Bradley, Ito, Akihiko, Joos, Fortunat, Krummel, Paul B., Landolfi, Angela, Laruelle, Goulven G., Lauerwald, Ronny, Li, Wei, Lienert, Sebastian, Maavara, Taylor, MacLeod, Michael, Millet, Dylan B., Olin, Stefan, Patra, Prabir K., Prinn, Ronald G., Raymond, Peter A., Ruiz, Daniel J., van der Werf, Guido R., Vuichard, Nicolas, Wang, Junjie, Weiss, Ray F., Wells, Kelley C., Wilson, Chris, Yang, Jia, Yao, Yuanzhi Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes Bowler, Diana E., Bjorkman, Anne D., Dornelas, Maria, MyersSmith, Isla H., Navarro, Laetitia M., Niamir, Aidin, Supp, Sarah R., Waldock, Conor, Winter, Marten, Vellend, Mark, Blowes, Shane A., BohningGaese, Katrin, Bruelheide, Helge, Elahi, Robin, Antao, Laura H., Hines, Jes, Isbell, Forest, Jones, Holly P., Magurran, Anne E., Cabral, Juliano Sarmento, Bates, Amanda E. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Increased extreme precipitation challenges nitrogen load management to the Gulf of Mexico Lu, Chaoqun, Zhang, Jien, Tian, Hanqin, Crumpton, William G., Helmers, Mathew J., Cai, Wei-Jun, Hopkinson, Charles S., Lohrenz, Steven E. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Impacts of tillage practices on soil carbon stocks in the US corn-soybean cropping system during 1998 to 2016 Yu, Zhen, Lu, Chaoqun, Hennessy, David A, Feng, Hongli, Tian, Hanqin Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Long-Term Shifts in U.S. Nitrogen Sources and Sinks Revealed by the New TREND-Nitrogen Data Set (19302017) Byrnes, D. K., Van Meter, K. J., Basu, N. B. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Impact of environmental changes and land management practices on wheat production in India Gahlot, Shilpa, Lin, Tzu-Shun, Jain, Atul K., Baidya Roy, Somnath, Sehgal, Vinay K., Dhakar, Rajkumar Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Adler, P. B., Arnillas, C. A., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Campana, S., Dickman, C. R., Dickson, T. L., Donohue, I., Eskelinen, A., Firn, J. L., Graff, P., Gruner, D. S., Heckman, R. W., Koltz, A. M., Komatsu, K. J., Lannes, L. S., MacDougall, A. S., Martina, J. P., Moore, J. L., Mortensen, B., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Olde Venterink, H., Power, S. A., Price, J. N., Risch, A. C., Sankaran, M., Schutz, M., Sitters, J., Stevens, C. J., Virtanen, R., Wilfahrt, P. A., Seabloom, E. W. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Global pattern and drivers of nitrogen saturation threshold of grassland productivity Peng, Yunfeng, Chen, Han Y. H., Yang, Yuanhe Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Permafrost in Transition van Huissteden, J. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Permafrost carbon quantities and Fluxes van Huissteden, J. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Biological nitrogen fixation across major biomes in Latin America: Patterns and global change effects Reis, Carla R.G., Pacheco, Felipe S., Reed, Sasha C., Tejada, Graciela, Nardoto, Gabriela B., Forti, Maria C., Ometto, Jean P. Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Nitrogen emissions along global livestock supply chains Uwizeye, Aimable, de Boer, Imke J. M., Opio, Carolyn I., Schulte, Rogier P. O., Falcucci, Alessandra, Tempio, Giuseppe, Teillard, Felix, Casu, Flavia, Rulli, Monica, Galloway, James N., Leip, Adrian, Erisman, Jan Willem, Robinson, Timothy P., Steinfeld, Henning, Gerber, Pierre J. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
The effects of spatiotemporal patterns of atmospheric CO2 concentration on terrestrial gross primary productivity estimation Sun, Zhongyi, Wang, Xiufeng, Yamamoto, Haruhiko, Tani, Hiroshi, Nie, Tangzhe Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Thawing permafrost: Permafrost carbon in a warming arctic van Huissteden, J. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Understanding the distribution of bushmeat hunting effort across landscapes by testing hypotheses about human foraging Brodie, Jedediah F., Fragoso, Jose M. V. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
A Mechanistic Model of Microbially Mediated Soil Biogeochemical Processes: A Reality Check Fatichi, Simone, Manzoni, Stefano, Or, Dani, Paschalis, Athanasios Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides, Litter Characteristics
Estimation of Global Grassland Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange Using a Model Tree Ensemble Approach Liang, Wei, Zhang, Weibin, Jin, Zhao, Yan, Jianwu, Lu, Yihe, Wang, Shuai, Fu, Bojie, Li, Shuai, Ji, Qiulei, Gou, Fen, Fu, Shuyi, An, Shantao, Wang, Fengjiao Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Expansion of high-latitude deciduous forests driven by interactions between climate warming and fire Mekonnen, Zelalem A., Riley, William J., Randerson, James T., Grant, Robert F., Rogers, Brendan M. Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
Global ammonia emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertilizer applications in agricultural systems: Empirical and process-based estimates and uncertainty Xu, Rongting, Tian, Hanqin, Pan, Shufen, Prior, Stephen A., Feng, Yucheng, Batchelor, William D., Chen, Jian, Yang, Jia Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides
You're viewing 50 of 160