Global crop-specific nitrogen fertilization dataset in 1961-2020

This is a dataset for crop-specific N fertilization with 5-arc-min resolution during 1961 to 2020, including N fertilizer inputs, types and placements. The N fertilization data was classified into 21 crop types, 13 fertilizer types and 2 fertilization placements.The datasets extend from 180°E to 180°W longtitude and 90°S to 90°N latitude with a resolution of 5 arc-min for the temporal period 1961–2020 in standard WGS84 coordinate system, with a temporal resolution. The data are provided in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5) format.