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Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Midlothian, GB

2011-08-01 to present (ACE)
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Nicholas Cowan

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The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2011-08-01 to 2014-08-01 | PhD
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Nicholas Cowan

Works (37)

Temperature driven variations in VOC emissions from plastic products and their fate indoors: A chamber experiment and modelling study

Science of the Total Environment
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163497
EID:

2-s2.0-85152596859

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Beel, G.; Langford, B.; Carslaw, N.; Shaw, D.; Cowan, N.
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The impact of different fertiliser management options and cultivars on nitrogen use efficiency and yield for rice cropping in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Two seasons of methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108593
EID:

2-s2.0-85160109004

Part of ISSN: 01678809
Contributors: Bhatia, A.; Cowan, N.J.; Drewer, J.; Tomer, R.; Kumar, V.; Sharma, S.; Paul, A.; Jain, N.; Kumar, S.; Jha, G. et al.
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The Impact of Different Fertiliser Management Options and Cultivars on Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Yield for Rice Cropping in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Two Seasons of Methane, Nitrous Oxide and Ammonia Emissions

SSRN
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4414651
EID:

2-s2.0-85152470337

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Bhatia, A.; Cowan, N.; Drewer, J.; Tomer, R.; Kumar, V.; Sharma, S.; Paul, A.; Jain, N.; Kumar, S.; Jha, G. et al.
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Assessing nitrous oxide emissions in time and space with minimal uncertainty using static chambers and eddy covariance from a temperate grassland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108743
EID:

2-s2.0-85120155340

Part of ISSN: 01681923
Contributors: Murphy, R.M.; Richards, K.G.; Krol, D.J.; Gebremichael, A.W.; Lopez-Sangil, L.; Rambaud, J.; Cowan, N.; Lanigan, G.J.; Saunders, M.
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Can nitrogen input mapping from aerial imagery improve nitrous oxide emissions estimates from grazed grassland?

Precision Agriculture
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-022-09908-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85132334567

Part of ISSN: 15731618 13852256
Contributors: Maire, J.; Gibson-Poole, S.; Cowan, N.; Krol, D.; Somers, C.; Reay, D.S.; Skiba, U.; Rees, R.M.; Lanigan, G.J.; Richards, K.G.
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CEA Systems: the Means to Achieve Future Food Security and Environmental Sustainability?

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.891256
EID:

2-s2.0-85133550478

Part of ISSN: 2571581X
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Ferrier, L.; Spears, B.; Drewer, J.; Reay, D.; Skiba, U.
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Nicholas Cowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Challenges in Scaling Up Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Experience From the UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Feedbacks Program

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006743
EID:

2-s2.0-85130613418

Part of ISSN: 21698961 21698953
Contributors: Levy, P.; Clement, R.; Cowan, N.; Keane, B.; Myrgiotis, V.; van Oijen, M.; Smallman, T.L.; Toet, S.; Williams, M.
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CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes from three different temperate grazed pastures using Eddy covariance measurements

Science of the Total Environment
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154819
EID:

2-s2.0-85127646100

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Cardenas, L.M.; Olde, L.; Loick, N.; Griffith, B.; Hill, T.; Evans, J.; Cowan, N.; Segura, C.; Sint, H.; Harris, P. et al.
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Intercomparison of in situ measurements of ambient NH3: Instrument performance and application under field conditions

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/amt-15-6755-2022
EID:

2-s2.0-85144349225

Part of ISSN: 18678548 18671381
Contributors: Twigg, M.M.; Berkhout, A.J.C.; Cowan, N.; Crunaire, S.; Dammers, E.; Ebert, V.; Gaudion, V.; Haaima, M.; Häni, C.; John, L. et al.
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Nitrous oxide emission factors from an intensively grazed temperate grassland: A comparison of cumulative emissions determined by eddy covariance and static chamber methods

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107725
EID:

2-s2.0-85117801787

Part of ISSN: 01678809
Contributors: Murphy, R.M.; Saunders, M.; Richards, K.G.; Krol, D.J.; Gebremichael, A.W.; Rambaud, J.; Cowan, N.; Lanigan, G.J.
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PROGRESS ON IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY: UK−CHINA VIRTUAL JOINT CENTERS ON NITROGEN AGRONOMY

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2022459
EID:

2-s2.0-85138581169

Part of ISSN: 2095977X 20957505
Contributors: Misselbrook, T.; Bai, Z.; Cai, Z.; Cao, W.; Carswell, A.; Cowan, N.; Cui, Z.; Chadwick, D.R.; Emmett, B.; Goulding, K. et al.
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Review of methods for assessing deposition of reactive nitrogen pollutants across complex terrain with focus on the UK

Environmental Science: Atmospheres
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/d2ea00012a
EID:

2-s2.0-85134801940

Part of ISSN: 26343606
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Nemitz, E.; Walker, J.T.; Fowler, D.; Finnigan, J.J.; Webster, H.N.; Levy, P.; Twigg, M.; Tang, S.Y.; Bachiller-Jareno, N. et al.
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VOC emissions from household plastic products and their fate indoors: an experimental and modelling study

17th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2022
2022 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85159207882
Contributors: Beel, G.; Cowan, N.; Langford, B.; Carslaw, N.; Shaw, D.
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A survey of heavy metal contents of rural and urban roadside dusts: comparisons at low, medium and high traffic sites in Central Scotland

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11081-8
EID:

2-s2.0-85092367760

Part of ISSN: 16147499 09441344
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Blair, D.; Malcolm, H.; Graham, M.
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Agricultural soils: A sink or source of methane across the British Isles?

European Journal of Soil Science
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13075
EID:

2-s2.0-85097771745

Part of ISSN: 13652389 13510754
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Maire, J.; Krol, D.; Cloy, J.M.; Hargreaves, P.; Murphy, R.; Carswell, A.; Jones, S.K.; Hinton, N.; Anderson, M. et al.
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Comparing Soil Nitrous Oxide and Methane Fluxes From Oil Palm Plantations and Adjacent Riparian Forests in Malaysian Borneo

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.738303
EID:

2-s2.0-85117071719

Part of ISSN: 2624893X
Contributors: Drewer, J.; Kuling, H.J.; Cowan, N.J.; Majalap, N.; Sentian, J.; Skiba, U.
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Comparison of greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical forests and oil palm plantations on mineral soil

Biogeosciences
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-1559-2021
EID:

2-s2.0-85102257160

Part of ISSN: 17264189 17264170
Contributors: Drewer, J.; Leduning, M.M.; Griffiths, R.I.; Goodall, T.; Levy, P.E.; Cowan, N.; Comynn-Platt, E.; Hayman, G.; Sentian, J.; Majalap, N. et al.
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COSMOS-UK: National soil moisture and hydrometeorology data for environmental science research

Earth System Science Data
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-1737-2021
EID:

2-s2.0-85105216962

Part of ISSN: 18663516 18663508
Contributors: Cooper, H.M.; Bennett, E.; Blake, J.; Blyth, E.; Boorman, D.; Cooper, E.; Evans, J.; Fry, M.; Jenkins, A.; Morrison, R. et al.
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Experimental comparison of continuous and intermittent flooding of rice in relation to methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions and the implications for nitrogen use efficiency and yield

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107571
EID:

2-s2.0-85110554303

Part of ISSN: 01678809
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Bhatia, A.; Drewer, J.; Jain, N.; Singh, R.; Tomer, R.; Kumar, V.; Kumar, O.; Prasanna, R.; Ramakrishnan, B. et al.
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Impact of climate change on soil nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from typical land uses in Scotland

Environmental Research Letters
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abf06e
EID:

2-s2.0-85107120429

Part of ISSN: 17489326 17489318
Contributors: Medinets, S.; White, S.; Cowan, N.; Drewer, J.; Dick, J.; Jones, M.; Andrews, C.; Harvey, D.; Skiba, U.
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An evaluation of four years of nitrous oxide fluxes after application of ammonium nitrate and urea fertilisers measured using the eddy covariance method

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107812
EID:

2-s2.0-85073610839

Part of ISSN: 01681923
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Levy, P.; Maire, J.; Coyle, M.; Leeson, S.R.; Famulari, D.; Carozzi, M.; Nemitz, E.; Skiba, U.
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Mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils by precision management

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2019294
EID:

2-s2.0-85083739555

Part of ISSN: 2095977X 20957505
Contributors: Rees, R.M.; Maire, J.; Florence, A.; Cowan, N.; Skiba, U.; van der Weerden, T.; Ju, K.
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Nitrogen fertiliser interactions with urine deposit affect nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2019.106784
EID:

2-s2.0-85076153905

Part of ISSN: 01678809
Contributors: Maire, J.; Krol, D.; Pasquier, D.; Cowan, N.; Skiba, U.; Rees, R.M.; Reay, D.; Lanigan, G.J.; Richards, K.G.
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Nitrous oxide emission factors of mineral fertilisers in the UK and Ireland: A Bayesian analysis of 20 years of experimental data

Environment International
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105366
EID:

2-s2.0-85076391239

Part of ISSN: 18736750 01604120
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Carnell, E.; Skiba, U.; Dragosits, U.; Drewer, J.; Levy, P.
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The impact of atmospheric N deposition and N fertilizer type on soil nitric oxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from agricultural and forest Eutric Regosols

Biology and Fertility of Soils
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-020-01485-6
EID:

2-s2.0-85086702400

Part of ISSN: 14320789 01782762
Contributors: Song, L.; Drewer, J.; Zhu, B.; Zhou, M.; Cowan, N.; Levy, P.; Skiba, U.
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Application of Bayesian statistics to estimate nitrous oxide emission factors of three nitrogen fertilisers on UK grasslands

Environment International
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.054
EID:

2-s2.0-85065165471

Part of ISSN: 18736750 01604120
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Levy, P.; Drewer, J.; Carswell, A.; Shaw, R.; Simmons, I.; Bache, C.; Marinheiro, J.; Brichet, J.; Sanchez-Rodriguez, A.R. et al.
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Nitrogen use efficiency and N2O and NH3 losses attributed to three fertiliser types applied to an intensively managed silage crop

Biogeosciences
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/bg-16-4731-2019
EID:

2-s2.0-85076949267

Part of ISSN: 17264189 17264170
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Levy, P.; Moring, A.; Simmons, I.; Bache, C.; Stephens, A.; Marinheiro, J.; Brichet, J.; Song, L.; Pickard, A. et al.
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Temporal characteristics and vertical distribution of atmospheric ammonia and ammonium in winter in Beijing

Science of the Total Environment
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.137
EID:

2-s2.0-85065602768

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Wang, Q.; Zhang, Q.; Ma, Z.; Ge, B.; Xie, C.; Zhou, W.; Zhao, J.; Xu, W.; Du, W.; Fu, P. et al.
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Identifying Urine Patches on Intensively Managed Grassland Using Aerial Imagery Captured From Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2018.00010
EID:

2-s2.0-85076131449

Part of ISSN: 2571581X
Contributors: Maire, J.; Gibson-Poole, S.; Cowan, N.; Reay, D.S.; Richards, K.G.; Skiba, U.; Rees, R.M.; Lanigan, G.J.
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Seasonal fluxes of carbon monoxide from an intensively grazed grassland in Scotland

Atmospheric Environment
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.039
EID:

2-s2.0-85053842159

Part of ISSN: 18732844 13522310
Contributors: Cowan, N.; Helfter, C.; Langford, B.; Coyle, M.; Levy, P.; Moxley, J.; Simmons, I.; Leeson, S.; Nemitz, E.; Skiba, U.
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Surface-atmosphere exchange of inorganic water-soluble gases and associated ions in bulk aerosol above agricultural grassland pre- and postfertilisation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-16953-2018
EID:

2-s2.0-85057893377

Part of ISSN: 16807324 16807316
Contributors: Ramsay, R.; Di Marco, C.F.; Heal, M.R.; Twigg, M.M.; Cowan, N.; Jones, M.R.; Leeson, S.R.; Bloss, W.J.; Kramer, L.J.; Crilley, L. et al.
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Estimation of cumulative fluxes of nitrous oxide: uncertainty in temporal upscaling and emission factors

European Journal of Soil Science
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12432
EID:

2-s2.0-85021375639

Part of ISSN: 13652389 13510754
Contributors: Levy, P.E.; Cowan, N.; van Oijen, M.; Famulari, D.; Drewer, J.; Skiba, U.
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Nitrous oxide emission sources from a mixed livestock farm

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.04.014
EID:

2-s2.0-85018475716

Part of ISSN: 01678809
Contributors: Cowan, N.J.; Levy, P.E.; Famulari, D.; Anderson, M.; Reay, D.S.; Skiba, U.M.
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The influence of tillage on N<sub>2</sub>O fluxes from an intensively managed grazed grassland in Scotland

Biogeosciences
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-4811-2016
EID:

2-s2.0-84984678090

Part of ISSN: 17264189 17264170
Contributors: Cowan, N.J.; Levy, P.E.; Famulari, D.; Anderson, M.; Drewer, J.; Carozzi, M.; Reay, D.S.; Skiba, U.M.
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Spatial variability and hotspots of soil N<sub>2</sub>O fluxes from intensively grazed grassland

Biogeosciences
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1585-2015
EID:

2-s2.0-84924561715

Part of ISSN: 17264189 17264170
Contributors: Cowan, N.J.; Norman, P.; Famulari, D.; Levy, P.E.; Reay, D.S.; Skiba, U.M.
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An improved method for measuring soil N<sub>2</sub>O fluxes using a quantum cascade laser with a dynamic chamber

European Journal of Soil Science
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12168
EID:

2-s2.0-85027922159

Part of ISSN: 13652389 13510754
Contributors: Cowan, N.J.; Famulari, D.; Levy, P.E.; Anderson, M.; Bell, M.J.; Rees, R.M.; Reay, D.S.; Skiba, U.M.
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Investigating uptake of N<sub>2</sub>O in agricultural soils using a high-precision dynamic chamber method

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-4455-2014
EID:

2-s2.0-84918543794

Part of ISSN: 18678548 18671381
Contributors: Cowan, N.J.; Famulari, D.; Levy, P.E.; Anderson, M.; Reay, D.S.; Skiba, U.M.
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Nicholas Cowan via Scopus - Elsevier
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