Two decades of fumigation data from the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment facility

The Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) facility is the longest running open-air carbon dioxide and ozone enrichment facility in the world. For over two decades, soybean, maize, and other crops have been exposed to the elevated carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations anticipated for...

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Published in:Scientific data 2023-04, Vol.10 (1), p.226-226, Article 226
Main Authors: Aspray, Elise Kole, Mies, Timothy A., McGrath, Jesse A., Montes, Christopher M., Dalsing, Bradley, Puthuval, Kannan K., Whetten, Andrew, Herriott, Jelena, Li, Shuai, Bernacchi, Carl J., DeLucia, Evan H., Leakey, Andrew D. B., Long, Stephen P., McGrath, Justin M., Miglietta, Franco, Ort, Donald R., Ainsworth, Elizabeth A.
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Language:English
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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
631/449
704/172
Air pollution
Carbon dioxide
Crops
Data collection
Data Descriptor
Fumigation
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Ozone
Quality control
Science
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Science (multidisciplinary)
Soybeans
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Summary:The Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) facility is the longest running open-air carbon dioxide and ozone enrichment facility in the world. For over two decades, soybean, maize, and other crops have been exposed to the elevated carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations anticipated for late this century. The facility, located in East Central Illinois, USA, exposes crops to different atmospheric concentrations in replicated octagonal ~280 m 2 Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE) treatment plots. Each FACE plot is paired with an untreated control (ambient) plot. The experiment provides important ground truth data for predicting future crop productivity. Fumigation data from SoyFACE were collected every four seconds throughout each growing season for over two decades. Here, we organize, quality control, and collate 20 years of data to facilitate trend analysis and crop modeling efforts. This paper provides the rationale for and a description of the SoyFACE experiments, along with a summary of the fumigation data and collation process, weather and ambient data collection procedures, and explanations of air pollution metrics and calculations.
ISSN:2052-4463
2052-4463
DOI:10.1038/s41597-023-02118-x