MACRO - DB: A decision-support tool for assessing pesticide fate and mobility in soils

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 251-265

  Jarvis, N J ^a   Hollis, J M ^b   Nicholls, P H ^c   Mayr, T ^b   Evans, S P ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support tool; Exposure assessment; Groundwater and surface water protection; Pesticide leaching; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PESTICIDES; SOILS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE MACRO DB;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PESTICIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031446993     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(97)00147-3     Document Type: Article

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