Criteria for calculating drain spacing and depth

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1657-1662

  Skaggs, R Wayne ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Drainage design; Drainage design for corn production; Drainage equations; Drainage models; Drained lands; DRAINMOD; Nitrogen loss in drainage waters

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE DESIGN; DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR CORN PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE EQUATIONS; DRAINAGE MODELS; DRAINED LANDS; NITROGEN LOSS IN DRAINAGE WATERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DRAINAGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DESIGN METHOD; DRAINAGE; GROWING SEASON; NITROGEN; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36248982786     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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