Calibration and validation of DRAINMOD to design subsurface drainage systems for Iowa's tile landscapes

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-232

  Singh, R ^a   Helmers, M J ^a   Qi, Zhiming ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage design; Hydrology; Modeling; Shallow drainage; Water management

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

DRAINAGE DESIGN; MODELING; SHALLOW DRAINAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DRAINAGE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CALIBRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEBSTER COUNTY [IOWA];

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748857538     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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