Model estimates of water yield and N yield under alternative N management practices across the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River basin during 1980-2017

This dataset contains maps of water yield and nitrogen (N) yield each year, covering the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) spanning from 1980 to 2017. These maps were reconstructed by aggregating from a daily model (Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model, DLEM) estimates and are at 5-min×5-min (0.08333° Lat × 0.08333° Lon) resolution. There are two subfolders, "TT" and "DT", within this folder. "TT" and "DT" respectively indicate "traditional timing" and "dynamic timing" of nitrogen fertilizer applications in regards to the model experiments in the main text. The "TT" folder contains the gridded model estimates of water yield (named by "Runoff") and nitrogen yield (named by "Nleach") at annual bases. TT reflects our best estimate of water and N fluxes within the context of multi-factor environmental changes including climate, atmospheric CO2 concentration, N deposition, land use, and human management practices (such as fertilizer use, tillage, tile drainage, etc.). The "DT" folder only contains the model estimates of nitrogen yield (“Nleach”) under an alternative N management practice. More details can be found in the linked publication.