Modeling the spatial distribution of nitrogen leaching from dairy farmland

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-452

  Wang, Fuli ^a  

^a LINCOLN AGRITECH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; DISPERSIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; PASTURE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URINE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 44949140559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0128     Document Type: Article

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