A process-based model for ammonia emission from urine patches, GAG  (Generation of Ammonia from Grazing): description and sensitivity analysis

Móring, Andrea; Vieno, Massimo; Doherty, Ruth M.; Laubach, Johannes; Taghizadeh-Toosi, Arezoo; Sutton, Mark A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1837-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1837-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1837-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

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29 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 29 Mar 2016

A process-based model for ammonia emission from urine patches, GAG (Generation of Ammonia from Grazing): description and sensitivity analysis

Andrea Móring, Massimo Vieno, Ruth M. Doherty, Johannes Laubach, Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi, and Mark A. Sutton

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SC C3922: 'Some comments to the paper regarding: urine composition and neglecting influence of the soil', Wim Bussink, 30 Jul 2015
- AC C5352: 'Authors’ response to the interactive comment of W. Bussink', Andrea Moring, 14 Sep 2015
RC C4039: 'comments', Yihua Wu, 03 Aug 2015
- AC C5353: 'Authors’ response to the referee comment of Y. Wu', Andrea Moring, 14 Sep 2015
RC C5334: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Sep 2015
- AC C7674: 'Authors’ response to the review by Referee #2', Andrea Moring, 13 Nov 2015
RC C5400: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Sep 2015
- AC C7675: 'Authors’ response to the review by Referee #3', Andrea Moring, 13 Nov 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (14 Dec 2015) by Xinming Wang

AR by Andrea Moring on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Feb 2016) by Xinming Wang

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A process-based, weather-driven model for ammonia emission from a urine patch has been developed and its sensitivity to various factors assessed. The model can simulate the ammoniacal nitrogen content, pH and the water content of the soil under a urine patch. The simulated variables were in a good agreement with the measurements. The sensitivity analysis highlighted the vital role of temperature in ammonia exchange. The model is potentially suitable for larger scale application.