Metamodeling potential nitrate water pollution in the central United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1916-1928

  Wu, JunJie ^a   Babcock, Bruce A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CROP ROTATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CROP; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHY; LEACHING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033388574     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800060031x     Document Type: Article

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