Agricultural Ammonia Emission Inventory and Its Distribution in Xining City

Abstract

Based on the field research activity level, the emission inventory of agricultural ammonia in Xining City in 2018 was established using the emission factor method. The emission characteristics of agricultural ammonia in Xining City were analyzed, a spatial grid distribution of 3 km×3 km was carried out by ArcGIS, and an uncertainty analysis of the ammonia emission inventory of livestock and poultry breeding and nitrogen fertilizer application was carried out via Monte Carlo simulation. The results showed that the total amount of ammonia emissions from agricultural sources in Xining City in 2018 was 4644.58 t. Among them, the total annual ammonia emissions from nitrogen fertilizer application and livestock and poultry farming were 1664.84 t and 2979.75 t, respectively, accounting for 35.84% and 64.16% of the total ammonia emissions from agricultural sources in Xining City. The spatial distribution results showed that the agricultural source ammonia emissions of Xining City mainly came from Datong County, Huangyuan County, and Huangzhong County, which accounted for 40.10%, 30.66%, and 28.05% of the total agricultural source ammonia emissions of Xining City, respectively. From the perspective of monthly distribution, no monthly difference in ammonia emissions was found in livestock and poultry farming. The ammonia emissions from nitrogen fertilizer application mainly existed in June (799.96 t) and July (768.48 t), accounting for 48.05% and 46.16% of the annual emissions. Monte Carlo simulation results showed that under a 95% confidence interval, the uncertainties of ammonia emissions from nitrogen fertilizer application agricultural source ammonia were low, ranging from -24.38% to 26.71%.