Novel Endpoint Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Terrestrial Acidification

This repository contains Excel files with the characterization factorsand the soil response factors for the publication entitled "Novel Endpoint Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Terrestrial Acidification", published in the "Journal of Ecological Indicators" .

Content:

Datasets.zip is an folder containing the following Excel files: 

CF_Terrestrial_Acidification_2024-08-01.xlsx with the following sheets

Dataframe gathering terrestrial acidification marginal endpoint CF [PDF.yr/kg_emitted] values at country level (with the world average value), for 3 acidifying substances (NOx, NHx, SOx) at global and regional impact scales (with and without the inclusion of the Global Extinction Probability - GEP - respectively)

Calc Info summing up calculation informations

Calc Table registering input parameters used to run the calculations leading to the Dataframe sheet (substance used, original and adapted resolutions for emission and deposition compartments, resolutions for each CF components  and spatial transformations, GEP normalization method)

RF_NO3_2024-03-27.xlsx with the following sheet:

RFs containing the soil response values [(molH+ / L).(yr / kg_dep)] at ecoregion level (referred to as "idTarget") for a marginal increase of 10% in NO3 deposition rate. It also gathers the intermediate results leading the final RFs (sustances' deposition rates, reference and post-deposition increase pHs) 

RF_NH4_2024-03-25.xlsx with the following sheet:

RFs containing the soil response values [(molH+ / L).(yr / kg_dep)] at ecoregion level (referred to as "idTarget") for a marginal increase of 10% in NH4 deposition rate. It also gathers the intermediate results leading the final RFs (sustances' deposition rates, reference and post-deposition increase pHs)

RF_SO4_2024-03-25.xlsx with the following sheet:

RFs containing the soil response values [(molH+ / L).(yr / kg_dep)] at ecoregion level (referred to as "idTarget") for a marginal increase of 10% in SO4 deposition rate. It also gathers the intermediate results leading the final RFs (sustances' deposition rates, reference and post-deposition increase pHs)