NPKGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing fertilizer application rates for three main plant nutrients, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) across 173 crops for the year 2020, at a resolution of 0.05° (about 5.6km at the equator). Crop type name, harvested area and crop area definitions used in NPKGRIDS are aligned to the relevant UN-FAO commodities and land use definitions, and replicate those in CROPGRIDS.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/NPKGRIDS/24616050
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04030-4
CROPGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing harvested and crop (physical) area of 173 crops for the year 2020, at a resolution of 0.05° (about 5.6km at the equator). Crop type name, harvested area and crop area definitions used in CROPGRIDS are aligned to the relevant UN-FAO commodities and land use definitions.
Link to dataset: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22491997
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03247-7
PEST-CHEMGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing the crop-specific application rates of 95 pesticide active ingredients at 5 arc-min resolution (about 10 km at the equator) for the year 2015, and projections to 2025.
Link to dataset: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22491997
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0169-4
A high resolution version of PEST-CHEMGRIDS for the European Union based on PEST-CHEMGRIDSv1.01 for 53 pesticide active ingredients at 250 m resolution for the year 2018.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Pesticides_application_rate_maps_in_the_European_Union_at_high_spatial_resolution/27743286
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05031-7
PEST-CHEMGRIDS v2 (beta version)
PEST-CHEMGRIDS v2 is an update to PEST-CHEMGRIDSv1.01, which includes 115 pesticide active ingredients at 0.05 degree resolution (about 5.5 km at the equator) for the year 2015 and 2018.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PESTCHEMGRIDS_v2_01_beta_version_/25854769
Link to paper: N/A
SOIL-WATERGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing dynamic changes in soil moisture and depth of water table over 45 years from 1970 to 2014 globally resolved at 0.25 × 0.25 degree resolution (about 30 × 30 km at the equator) along a 56 m deep soil profile. SOIL-WATERGRIDS estimates were obtained using the BRTSim model, a process-based model accounting for soil physical and hydraulic properties, land cover and use characteristics, and hydrometeorological variables to account for precipitation, ecosystem-specific evapotranspiration, snowmelt, surface runoff, and irrigation.
Link to dataset: https://zenodo.org/records/4997453
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-01032-4