NEON soil inorganic nitrogen measurements 2017-2020, derived data and code for Earth's Future manuscript

Nitrogen (N) is a key limiting nutrient in terrestrial ecosystems, but there remain critical gaps in our ability to predict and model controls on soil N cycling. This may be in part due to lack of standardized sampling across broad spatial-temporal scales. In a paper submitted for publication in Earth's future, we introduce a continentally distributed, publicly available dataset collected by the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) that can help fill these gaps. To overcome methodological challenges and generate a standardized dataset, we produced a derived data version of soil inorganic N pools and net N transformation rate tables, which accounts for nitrite contamination in blanks. This derived dataset is then used to evaluate sources of variation within the NEON sampling design with mixed effects models, and we also compare measured net N mineralization to simulated fluxes from the Community Earth System Model 2 (CESM2).