Ring test with the models LEACHP,PRZM-2and VARLEACH: Variability between model users in prediction of pesticide leaching using a standard data set

Pesticide Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Brown, Colin D ^a,c   Baer, Ulrike ^b   Günther, Petra ^c   Trevisan, Marco ^d   Walker, Allan ^e  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Parameter selection; Pesticide leaching; User dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000382810     PISSN: 0031613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9063(199607)47:3<249::AID-PS411>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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