Simulating the long-term performance of drainage water management across the midwestern United States

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 961-976

  Thorp, Kelly R ^a,c   Jaynes, Dan B ^b   Malone, Robert W ^b  

^a US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled drainage; Drainage; Drainage water management; DSSAT; Midwest; Nitrate; RZWQM; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; DSSAT; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; MIDWEST; NITRATE; RZWQM; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DRAINAGE; NITRATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LOSS; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

IOWA; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49549125653     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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