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Default nitrogen excretion by animal category and region, stored as annual excretion per head (kg N/head/yr). That is the form the Tier 1 manure N2O path consumes, and the same quantity the Tier 2 path derives from the energy balance.

Usage

ipcc_2019_n_excretion

Format

A tibble with region, category, nex_kg_n_head_yr.

Source

Unverified. IPCC 2019 Refinement, Vol 4, Ch 10, Table 10.19 (Updated) publishes the excretion rate per 1000 kg animal mass per day, not an annual per-head amount, and the values stored here do not follow from it. The Refinement does supply the missing conversion factor: Table 10A.1 (New) gives the regional typical weight of dairy cattle, so rate x weight x 365 is derivable and gives 140 kg N/head/yr for North America (0.59 x 650 kg x 365 / 1000) against the 105 stored, 118 for Western Europe (100 stored), 84 for Eastern Europe (80), 128 for Oceania (80), 72 for Latin America (50), 62 for Asia (50), 42 for Africa (40), 64 for the Middle East (40) and 68 for the Indian Subcontinent (50). Other cattle would need the cohort population mix of Table 10A.2 (New) to be weighted the same way. Tracked in whep#601.

Examples

ipcc_2019_n_excretion
#> # A tibble: 30 × 3
#>    region         category     nex_kg_n_head_yr
#>    <chr>          <chr>                   <dbl>
#>  1 North America  Dairy Cattle              105
#>  2 North America  Other Cattle               56
#>  3 Western Europe Dairy Cattle              100
#>  4 Western Europe Other Cattle               50
#>  5 Eastern Europe Dairy Cattle               80
#>  6 Eastern Europe Other Cattle               50
#>  7 Oceania        Dairy Cattle               80
#>  8 Oceania        Other Cattle               40
#>  9 Latin America  Dairy Cattle               50
#> 10 Latin America  Other Cattle               40
#> # ℹ 20 more rows