Impacts of changing precipitation patterns on water quality

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Hatfield, J L ^a   Prueger, J H ^a  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Drainage; Soil management; Soil water balance; Surface runoff; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CORN BELT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0742267734     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (32)

1. Andraski, T.W., L.G. Bundy, and K.C. Kilian. 2003. Manure history and long-term ullage effects on soil properties and phosphorus losses in runoff. Journal of Environmental Quality 32:1782-1789.
2. Chen, Y. and R. Samson. 2002. Integration of liquid manure into conservation tillage corn systems. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 45:629-638.
3. Dai, A., K.E. Trenberth, and T.R. Karl. 1998. Global variations in droughts and wet spells: 1900-1995. Geophysical Research Letters 25:3367-3370.
4. Dinnes, D.L., D.L. Karlen, D.B. Jaynes, T.C. Kaspar, J.L. Hatfield, T.C. Colvin, and C.A. Cambardella. 2002. Nitrogen management strategies to reduce nitrate leaching in tile-drained Midwestern soils. Agronomy Journal 94:153-171.
5. Easterling, D.R., J.L. Evans, P.Y. Groisman, T.R. Karl, K.E. Kunkel, and P. Ambenje. 2000. Observed variability and trends in extreme climate events: A brief review. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society 81:417-425.
6. Eghball, B., J.E. Gilley, D.D. Baltensperger, and J.M. Blumenthal. 2002. Long-term manure and fertilizer application effects on phosphorus and nitrogen in runoff. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 45:687-694.
7. Elmi, A.A., C. Madramootoo, M. Egeh, A. Liu, and C. Hamel. 2002. Environmental and agronomic implications of water table and nitrogen fertilization management. Journal of Environmental Quality 31:1858-1867.
8. Ensdale, D.M., D.E. Radcliffe, J.L. Steiner, and M.L. Cabera. 2002. Drainage characteristics of a Southern Peidmont soil following six years of conventionally tilled or no-till cropping systems. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 45:1423-1432.
9. Gaynor, J.D., C.S. Tan, C.F. Drury, H.Y.F. Ng, T.W. Welacky, and I.J. van Wesenbeeck. 2001. Tillage, intercrop, and controlled drainge-subirrigation influence atrazine, metribuzin, and metolachlor loss. Journal of Environmental Quality 30:561-572.
10. Gaynor, J.D., C.S. Tan, C.F. Drury, T.W. Welacky, H.Y.F. Ng, and W.D. Reynolds. 2002. Runoff and drainage losses of atrazine, metribuzin, and metoloachlor in three water management systems. Journal of Environmental Quality 31:300-308.
11. Gilley, J.E., B. Eghball, B.J. Weinhold, and P.S. Miller. 2001. Nutrients in runoff following the application of swine manure to interril areas. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 44:1651-1659.
12. Hatfield, J.L. 1990. Methods of estimating evapotranspiration, Pp. 435-474. In: Stewart, B.A. and Nielsen, D.R. (eds.) Irrigation of Agricultural Crops, American Society of Agronomy, Madison, Wisconsin. 1218 pp.
13. Hatfield, J.L. and J.H. Prueger. 2001. Interactions of water and nitrogen across space and time in corn production. 3rd International Conference Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, Denver, Colorado. 5-7 Nov. 2001 CD ROM.
14. Hatfield, J.L., J.H. Prueger, and D.B. Jaynes. 1998. Environmental impacts of agricultural drainage in the Midwest. Pp. 28-35. In: Brown, L.C. (ed.), Drainage in the 21st Century: Food Production and the Environment. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Drainage Symposium, March 8-10, 1998, Orlando, Florida. American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
15. Hatfield, J.L., J.H. Prueger, and D.W. Meek. 1999a. Spatial variation of rainfall over a large watershed in central Iowa. Theoretical Application of Climatology 64:49-60.
16. Hatfield, J.L. D.B. Jaynes, M.R. Burkart, C.A. Cambardella, T.B. Moorman, J.H. Prueger, and M.A. Smith. 1999b. Water Quality in Walnut Creek Watershed: Setting and Farming Practices. Journal of Environmental Quality 28:11-24.
17. Hudson, B.D. 1994. Soil organic matter and available water capacity. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 49:189-194.
18. Inamdar, S.P., S. Mostaghimi, P.W. McCellan, and K.M. Barannan. 2001. BMP impacts on sediment and nutrient yields from an agricultural watershed in the Coastal Plain region. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 44:1191-1200.
19. Jaynes, D.B., J.L. Hatfield, and D.W. Meek. 1999. Water Quality in Walnut Creek Watershed: Herbicides and Nitrate in Surface Waters. Journal of Environmental Quality 28:45-59.
20. Karl, T.R., R.W. Knight, and N. Plummer. 1995. Trends in high-frequency climate variability in the Twentieth century. Nature 377:217-220.
21. Kleinman, P.J.A. and A.J. Sharpley. 2003. Effect of broadcast manure on runoff phosphorus concentrations over successive rainfall events. Journal of Environmental Quality 32:1072-1081.
22. Miller, J.J., N.J. Sweetland, and C. Chang. 2002. Hydrological properties of a clay loam soil after long-term cattle manure application. Journal of Environmental Quality 31:989-996.
23. Pielke, R.A. Jr. and M.A. Downton. 2000. Precipitation and damaging floods: Trends in the United States, 1932-97. Journal of Climate 13:3625-3637.
24. Prueger, J.H., J.L. Hatfield, and T.J. Sauer 1998. Surface energy balance partitioning over rye and oat cover crops in central Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 53(3):271-276.
25. Sauer, T.J., J.L. Hatfield, and J.H. Prueger. 1996. Corn residue age and placement effects on evaporation and soil thermal regime. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60:1558-1564.
26. Sauer, T.J., J.L. Hatfield, and J.H. Prueger 1997. Over-winter changes in radiant energy exchange of a corn residue-covered surface. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 85:279-287.
27. Sauer, T.J., J.L. Hatfield, J.H. Prueger, and J.M. Norman 1998. Surface energy balance of a corn residue-covered field. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 89:155-168.
28. Spalding, R.F., D.G. Watts, J.S. Schepers, M.E. Burback, M.E. Exner, R.J. Poreda, and G.E. Martin. 2001. Controlling nitrate leaching in irrigated agriculture. Journal of Environmental Quality 30:1184-1194.
29. Spalding, R.F., D.G. Watts, D.D. Snow, D.A. Cassada, M.E. Exner, and J.S. Schepers. 2003. Herbicide loading to shallow ground water beneath Nebraska's management systems evaluation area. Journal of Environmental Quality 32:84-91.
30. Tabbara, H. 2003. Phosphorus loss to runoff water twenty-four hours after application of liquid swine manure or fertilizer. Journal of Environmental Quality 32:1044-1052.
31. Walter, M.T., E.S. Brooks, M.F. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis, C.A., Scott, and J. Bolt. 2001. Evaluation of soluble phosphorus loading from manure-applied fields under various spreading strategies. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 56(3):329-335.
32. Wang, E., W.L. Harmon, J.R. Williams, and J.M. Sweeten. 2002. Profitability and nutrient losses of alternative manure application strategies with conservation tillage. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 57(3):221-228.