Opus simulation of water dynamics and nitrate transport in a field plot

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 69-80

  Bonilla, Carlos A ^a   Muñoz, José F ^a   Vauclin, Michel ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Irrigated maize; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen cycle; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345425076     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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