Deep percolation and its effects on shallow groundwater level rise following flood irrigation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Ochoa, Carlos G ^a,b   Fernald, Alexander G ^a   Guldan, Steven J ^a   Shukla, Manoj K ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MSC 3 I ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deep percolation; Flood irrigation; Root zone water quality model; RZWQM; Seepage; Shallow groundwater; Time domain reflectometry; Water balance method

Indexed keywords

DEEP PERCOLATION; FLOOD IRRIGATION; ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODEL (RZWQM); SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER BALANCE METHOD;

FLOODS; IRRIGATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEEPAGE;

GROUNDWATER;

FLOODING; IRRIGATION; PERCOLATION; RECHARGE; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEPAGE; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

FLOODS; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; PERCOLATION; SEEPAGE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33947715571     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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