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GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, VOL. 17, NO. 4, 1107, doi:10.1029/2003GB002046, 2003

Field validation of the DNDC model for greenhouse gas emissions in East Asian cropping systems

Zucong Cai

Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China


Takuji Sawamoto

National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Japan


Changsheng Li

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA


Guoding Kang

Department of Urban and Resource Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China


Jariya Boonjawat

Southeast Asia START Regional Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Arvin Mosier

U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA


Reiner Wassmann

Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany


Haruo Tsuruta

National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Japan


Abstract

Validations of the DeNitrification-DeComposition (DNDC) model against field data sets of trace gases (CH4, N2O, and NO) emitted from cropping systems in Japan, China, and Thailand were conducted. The model-simulated results were in agreement with seasonal N2O emissions from a lowland soil in Japan from 1995 to 2000 and seasonal CH4 emissions from rice fields in China, but failed to simulate N2O and NO emissions from an Andisol in Japan as well as NO emissions from the lowland soil. Seasonal CH4 emissions from rice cropping systems in Thailand were poorly simulated because of site-specific soil conditions and rice variety. For all of the simulated cases, the model satisfactorily simulated annual variations of greenhouse gas emissions from cropping systems and effects of land management. However, discrepancies existed between the modeled and observed seasonal patterns of CH4 and N2O emissions. By incorporating modifications based on the local soil properties and management, DNDC model could become a powerful tool for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial ecosystems.

Received 29 January 2003; accepted 3 October 2003; published 29 November 2003.

Index Terms: 1610 Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325); 1615 Global Change: Biogeochemical processes (4805); 0315 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Biosphere/atmosphere interactions; 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere—composition and chemistry.

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Citation: Cai, Z., T. Sawamoto, C. Li, G. Kang, J. Boonjawat, A. Mosier, R. Wassmann, and H. Tsuruta (2003), Field validation of the DNDC model for greenhouse gas emissions in East Asian cropping systems, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 17(4), 1107, doi:10.1029/2003GB002046.