Modelling mean nitrate leaching from spatially variable fields using effective hydraulic parameters

Geoderma

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 261-279

  Djurhuus, Jørgen ^a   Hansen, Søren ^b   Schelde, Kirsten ^a   Jacobsen, Ole Hørbye ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coarse sand; Effective hydraulic parameters; Field observations; Sandy loam; Simulation of nitrate leaching; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL COLUMN;

EID: 0032925684     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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