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Global ammonia emissions from seabirds

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

The dataset contains three modelled estimates of global ammonia emissions from seabird colonies, at a spatial resolution of 0.1 degrees latitude/longitude. The model estimates were derived with a) detailed global seabird population data collated from a large number of sources (data sources date from 1980-2010 for different parts of the world) b) climate data (source: High-resolution Gridded Datasets, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/ last updated by Harris, I. (2007), date: 1995) c) emission model derived by Riddick et al. (2012) with funding for the project from the CEH Integrating Fund (NERC). A detailed description and discussion of the datasets, including methodology and uncertainties, can be found in the following peer-reviewed article: S. N. Riddick, U. Dragosits, T. D. Blackall, F. Daunt, S. Wanless and M. A. Sutton (2012) The global distribution of ammonia emissions from seabird colonies. Atmospheric Environment, 55 (2012), pp. 319-327 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.052 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c9e802b3-43c8-4b36-a3a3-8861d9da8ea9

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
c9e802b3-43c8-4b36-a3a3-8861d9da8ea9
Extent (Latitude)
90° to -90°
Extent (Longitude)
-180° to 180°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2012-04-03
Dataset reference date (creation)
2012-03-08
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Riddick, S.N., Dragosits, U., Blackall, T.D., Daunt, F., Wanless, S., Sutton, M.A. (2012). Global ammonia emissions from seabirds. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c9e802b3-43c8-4b36-a3a3-8861d9da8ea9
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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng