Table 1.

Details of soil texture, rainfall, experiment duration and reference to original experimental studies for the five N response experiments used for model evaluation.

Region	APSoil code	Soil texture (0.0–0.6 m)	Average rainfall (mm year-1)	Experiment duration	Reference
Bundaberg	bu-99	Sandy loam to sandy light clay	997	1996–2001	Thorburn et al., 2003b
Mossman	ms-01	Sandy clay	2,599	2003–2006	Thorburn et al., 2011b
Maryborough	mb-02	Sandy clay loam	995	2004–2007	Thorburn et al., 2011b
Mulgrave	ml-01	Sandy clay	2,082	2004–2008	Thorburn et al., 2011b
Innisfail	in-03	Light clay	3,623	2004–2008	Thorburn et al., 2011b