MASAGE NH3 inventory
Overview
MASAGE_NH3 is an inventory of agricultural NH3 emissions developed by Fabien Paulot. A full description is given in Paulot et al (2014).
From the abstract to Paulot et al (2014):
We use the adjoint of a global 3-D chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) to optimize ammonia (NH3) emissions in the U.S., European Union, and China by inversion of 2005–2008 network data for NH4+ wet deposition fluxes. Optimized emissions are derived on a 2° x 2.5° grid for individual months and years. Error characterization in the optimization includes model errors in precipitation. Annual optimized emissions are 2.8 Tg NH3−N a−1 for the contiguous U.S., 3.1 Tg NH3−N a-1 for the European Union, and 8.4 Tg NH3−N a−1 for China. Comparisons to previous inventories for the U.S. and European Union show consistency (∼ +/-15%) in annual totals but some large spatial and seasonal differences. We develop a new global bottom-up inventory of NH3 emissions (Magnitude And Seasonality of Agricultural Emissions model for NH3 (MASAGE_NH3)) to interpret the results of the adjoint optimization. MASAGE_NH3 provides information on the magnitude and seasonality of NH3 emissions from individual crop and livestock sources on a 0.5° x 0.5° grid. We find that U.S. emissions peak in the spring in the Midwest due to corn fertilization and in the summer elsewhere due to manure. The seasonality of European emissions is more homogeneous with a well-defined maximum in spring associated with manure and mineral fertilizer application. There is some evidence for the effect of European regulations of NH3 emissions, notably a large fall decrease in northern Europe. Emissions in China peak in summer because of the summertime application of fertilizer for double cropping.
--Bob Y. 16:33, 5 February 2015 (EST)
Reading MASAGE into GEOS-Chem
Emissions data file
We have implemented the MASAGE NH3 inventory into GEOS-Chem via the HEMCO emissions component. We use the emissions file stored in the HEMCO data path:
HEMCO/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc
This file, which is in COARDS-compliant netCDF format, contains monthly mean NH3 emissions for the various agricultural sectors mentioned in Paulot et al (2014) (see below for totals). The emissions data are placed on the GEOS-Chem 2° x 2.5° horizontal grid, and the base year of emissions is 2006. Units of NH3 emissions are given as kg NH3 m-2 s-1.
The MASAGE NH3 data file is are contained in the HEMCO data directory tree. For detailed instructions on how to download this to your disk server, please see our Downloading the HEMCO data directories wiki post.
--Bob Y. 15:04, 13 February 2015 (EST)
Emission totals
If we convert the units of the data fields in file masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc from kg NH3 m-2 s-1 to Gg N, we can directly compare with Table A1 of Paulot et al (2014). (The unit conversion involves multiplying each emissions field by the factor 14.0/17.0/1e6, and then summing over all 12 months). We then obtain the following global totals:
EMISSION TOTALS, compare to the "World" column of Table A1 of Paulot et al (2014)
COTTON [kg N] 731.352
FRUITS_VEGETABLES [kg N] 820.576
GROUNDNUT [kg N] 80.8127
MAIZE [kg N] 1743.05
OIL_PALM [kg N] 112.432
OTHER_CEREALS [kg N] 122.545
OTHER_CEREALS_WINTER [kg N] 336.14
OTHER_CROPS [kg N] 987.441
PULSES [kg N] 44.6072
RAPESEED [kg N] 155.898
EARLY_RICE [kg N] 554.186
LATE_RICE [kg N] 323.54
SOYBEANS [kg N] 85.5041
SUGAR_CANE [kg N] 428.529
TEMPERATE_ROOTS [kg N] 459.644
TROPICAL_CEREALS [kg N] 92.0221
TROPICAL_ROOTS [kg N] 160.903
WHEAT [kg N] 423.498
WHEAT_WINTER [kg N] 1606.97
BEEF_CROP [kg N] 1998.11
BEEF_HOUSING [kg N] 5900.38
BEEF_PASTURE [kg N] 1672.35
BEEF_STORAGE [kg N] 549.203
BUFFALOES_EMISSION [kg N] 1525.14
DAIRY_CROP [kg N] 685.603
DAIRY_HOUSING [kg N] 1112.69
DAIRY_PASTURE [kg N] 668.778
DAIRY_STORAGE [kg N] 811.267
GOATS_EMISSION [kg N] 690.562
PORK_CROP [kg N] 775.642
PORK_HOUSING [kg N] 2055.58
PORK_PASTURE [kg N] 608.831
PORK_STORAGE [kg N] 680.933
POULTRY_CROP [kg N] 928.715
POULTRY_HOUSING [kg N] 2186.11
POULTRY_PASTURE [kg N] 546.004
POULTRY_STORAGE [kg N] 323.869
SHEEP_EMISSION [kg N] 967.568
--Bob Y. 16:32, 5 February 2015 (EST)
Editing the HEMCO configuration file
The MASAGE_NH3 inventory can be added to any GEOS-Chem simulation by inserting the following lines into the HEMCO configuration file (which is usually named HEMCO_Config.rc). Although the MASAGE_NH3 emissions are agricultural, we have lumped them in with anthropogenic emissions of NH3 (using HEMCO category #1). This follows established practice.
1. Add a switch for MASAGE to the EXTENSION SWITCHES section of the HEMCO configuration file:
--> MASAGE : true
2. Add the MASAGE emission information to the BASE EMISSION SECTION of the HEMCO configuration file. These lines can be placed anywhere between 'BEGIN SECTION BASE EMISSIONS' and 'END SECTION BASE EMISSIONS':
#============================================================================== # --- MASAGE_NH3 agricultural NH3 emissions --- #============================================================================== (((MASAGE 0 MASAGE_COTTON $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc COTTON 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_FRUITS_VEGETABLES $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc FRUITS_VEGETABLES 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_GROUNDNUT $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc GROUNDNUT 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_MAIZE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc MAIZE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_OIL_PALM $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc OIL_PALM 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_OTHER_CEREALS $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc OTHER_CEREALS 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_OTHER_CEREALS_WINTER $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc OTHER_CEREALS_WINTER 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_OTHER_CROPS $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc OTHER_CROPS 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_PULSES $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc PULSES 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_RAPESEED $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc RAPESEED 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_EARLY_RICE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc EARLY_RICE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_LATE_RICE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc LATE_RICE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_SOYBEANS $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc SOYBEANS 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_SUGAR_CANE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc SUGAR_CANE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_TEMPERATE_ROOTS $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc TEMPERATE_ROOTS 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_TROPICAL_CEREALS $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc TROPICAL_CEREALS 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_TROPICAL_ROOTS $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc TROPICAL_ROOTS 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_WHEAT $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc WHEAT 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_WHEAT_WINTER $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc WHEAT_WINTER 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_BEEF_CROP $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc BEEF_CROP 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_BEEF_HOUSING $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc BEEF_HOUSING 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_BEEF_PASTURE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc BEEF_PASTURE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_BEEF_STORAGE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc BEEF_STORAGE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_BUFFALOES_EMISSION $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc BUFFALOES_EMISSION 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_DAIRY_CROP $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc DAIRY_CROP 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_DAIRY_HOUSING $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc DAIRY_HOUSING 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_DAIRY_PASTURE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc DAIRY_PASTURE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_DAIRY_STORAGE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc DAIRY_STORAGE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_GOATS_EMISSION $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc GOATS_EMISSION 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_PORK_CROP $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc PORK_CROP 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_PORK_HOUSING $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc PORK_HOUSING 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_PORK_PASTURE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc PORK_PASTURE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_PORK_STORAGE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc PORK_STORAGE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_POULTRY_CROP $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc POULTRY_CROP 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_POULTRY_HOUSING $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc POULTRY_HOUSING 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_POULTRY_PASTURE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc POULTRY_PASTURE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_POULTRY_STORAGE $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc POULTRY_STORAGE 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 0 MASAGE_SHEEP_EMISSION $ROOT/MASAGE_NH3/v2015-02/masage_nh3_2006.2x25.nc SHEEP_EMISSION 2006/$MM/1/0 C xy kg/m2/s NH3 - 1 1 )))MASAGE
--Bob Y. 16:40, 5 February 2015 (EST)
References
- Paulot F., Jacob, D.J., Pinder R.W., Bash J.O., Travis, K., Henze D.K., Ammonia emissions in the United States, Europe, and China derived by high-resolution inversion of ammonium wet deposition data: Interpretation with a new agricultural emissions inventory (MASAGE_NH3), J. Geophys. Res., 119, 4,343-4,364, 2014. PDF