71ba9d69-0596-1f70-e054-002128a47908 eng utf8 dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-21 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607354 Gridded model estimates of nitrate-N stored in the vadose (unsaturated) zone at the global scale from 1900 to 2000 2018-06-13 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607354 Gridded model estimates of nitrate-N stored in the vadose (unsaturated) zone. This dataset presents annual gridded estimates of nitrate stored in the vadose zone for 1900 - 2000 on a 0.5 degree grid (units: kg N/grid cell). Data are supplied as a single netCDF for all years. This data was derived by Ascott et al. (2017). Global models of depth to groundwater table, subsurface porosity and groundwater recharge were used to derive estimates of nitrate travel time in the vadose zone. The travel time was combined with annual estimates of nitrate leaching from the base of the soil zone for 1900 - 2000 to estimate total nitrate stored in the vadose zone. For full details of the dataset derivation, please refer to Ascott et al. (2017). Ascott, M.J., Gooddy, D.C., Wang, L., Stuart, M.E., Lewis, M.A., Ward, R.S. and Binley, A.M. (2017) Global patterns of nitrate storage in the vadose zone. Nature Communications 8(1), 1416. Enquiries British Geological Survey 01491 838800 01491 692345 Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 01491 838800 01491 692345 Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact asNeeded https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/71ba9d69-0596-1f70-e054-002128a47908.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Nitrogen Ground water quality Nitrates BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) EGDI dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions no limitations The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. 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This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear. grid eng geoscientificInformation -180.0000 180.0000 -90.0000 90.0000 British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation WORLD [id=100000] 1900 2000 netCDF witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey 01491 838800 01491 692345 Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01321-w WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Ascott, M.J., Gooddy, D.C., Wang, L. et al. Global patterns of nitrate storage in the vadose zone. Nat Commun 8, 1416 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01321-w information https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item111550 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Gridded model estimates of nitrate-N stored in the vadose (unsaturated) zone at the global scale from 1900 to 2000 Gridded model estimates of nitrate-N stored in the vadose (unsaturated) zone at the global scale from 1900 to 2000 (Unit: kg N/grid cell, cell size = 0.5 degree). Details of the methodology used to derive this data can be found in Ascott, M.J., Gooddy, D.C., Wang, L., Stuart, M.E., Lewis, M.A., Ward, R.S. and Binley, A.M. (2017) Global patterns of nitrate storage in the vadose zone. Nature Communications 8(1), 1416. download dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false This dataset was derived Ascott et al. (2017). Nitrate travel time in the vadose zone was derived by combining global models of groundwater table, subsurface porosity and groundwater recharge. Model estimates of nitrate leaching from the base of the soil zone was combined with estimates of travel time to derive the total amount of nitrate stored in the vadose zone. Full details of the methodology are described in Ascott et al. (2017). Ascott, M.J., Gooddy, D.C., Wang, L., Stuart, M.E., Lewis, M.A., Ward, R.S. and Binley, A.M. (2017) Global patterns of nitrate storage in the vadose zone. Nature Communications 8(1), 1416.