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Data from: Measured and simulated carbon dynamics in Midwestern US corn-soybean rotations

Map of the study area with the East (green border) and West field (red border) with corn and soybean production. The grey circles show the 50 x 50 m soil sampling grid in 2005 and 2016. Imagery from growing season 2015 (USDA-FSA-APFO, 2017).

The dataset includes information on soil properties collected from two conventionally managed fields under corn-soybean rotation in October 2005 and October 2016, respectively. The fields are located in Story County, Central Iowa. 42 sampling locations per field and year were sampled within a 50 m × 50 m grid, and 1 to 2 samples per location were collected using a hydraulic soil sampler (d= 38.2 mm) from the 0 - 120 cm soil layer. The samples were analyzed to determine carbon and nitrogen concentration, and soil pH in five soil layers (0-15, 15-30, 30-60, 60-90, and 90-120 cm). Presented is the raw data per location (mean of duplicates) with which carbon and nitrogen content can be calculated with either the equivalent soil mass method or by using bulk density.

For more information about this dataset contact:
Tom Sauer: tom.sauer@usda.gov
Christian Dold: c.dold@fz-juelich.de

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FieldValue
Tags
NP212
NP216
corn-soybean rotation
Modified
2023-09-19
Release Date
2020-06-05
Identifier
c1a3d175-2559-416d-9ef3-44d1b9521233
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POINT (-93.6906 41.9749)
POINT (-93.6937 41.9745)
Publisher
Ag Data Commons
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Story County, Central Iowa
Temporal Coverage
October 1, 2005 to October 1, 2016
License
U.S. Public Domain
Data Dictionary

https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/data-measured-and-simulated-carbon-dyn...
Contact Name
Sauer, Tom
Contact Email
tom.sauer@usda.gov
Public Access Level
Public
Program Code
005:040 - Department of Agriculture - National Research
Bureau Code
005:18 - Agricultural Research Service
Extended Metadata: 
FieldValue
Authors
Dold, Christian (ORCID)
Wacha, Ken M. (ORCID)
Sauer, Tom J. (ORCID)
Hatfield, Jerry L. (ORCID)
Prueger, John H. (ORCID)
Peer Reviewed
No
Primary Article

Dold, C., Wacha, K. M., Sauer, T. J., Hatfield, J. L., & Prueger, J. H. (2020). Measured and Simulated Carbon Dynamics in Midwestern U.S. Corn‐Soybean Rotations. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gb006685
Dataset DOI (digital object identifier)
10.15482/USDA.ADC/1518763
FieldValue
OSTI Identifier
ISO Topic(s)
environment
farming
geoscientificInformation
State or Territory
Iowa
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus Term
carbon
Glycine max
Zea mays
corn
crop rotation
soybeans
data collection
Iowa
nitrogen content
soil pH
bulk density
soil carbon
computer simulation
subsurface soil layers
Ag Data Commons Keywords
  • Plants & Crops
  • Plants & Crops
  • Crop production
  • Plants & Crops
  • Crop production
  • Cropping system
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Soil
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Soil
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Soil
  • Nutrients
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Soil
  • Organic matter

Suggested Citations:

(original article) Dold, C., Wacha, K. M., Sauer, T. J., Hatfield, J. L., & Prueger, J. H. (2020). Measured and Simulated Carbon Dynamics in Midwestern U.S. Corn‐Soybean Rotations. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gb006685

(dataset) Dold, Christian; Wacha, Ken M.; Sauer, Tom J.; Hatfield, Jerry L.; Prueger, John H. (2020). Data from: Measured and simulated carbon dynamics in Midwestern US corn-soybean rotations. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1518763. Accessed 2023-11-28.