Testing a grid-based soil erosion model across topographically complex landscapes

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1745-1755

  Bonilla, Carlos A ^a   Norman, John M ^b   Molling, Christine C ^c   Karthikeyan, K G ^d   Miller, Paul S ^e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e Waterborne Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EROSION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STORMS;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATIONS; CONTINUOUS SIMULATIONS; CROPPING SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; GLYCINE MAXES; GRID-BASED; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEDICAGO SATIVA L.; MODELING SYSTEMS; OVERALL PERFORMANCES; RELATIVE ERRORS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; SEDIMENT LOSSES; SOIL EROSIONS; SOIL LOSSES; SOIL TEXTURE CLASSES; TYPICAL SOILS; ZEA MAYS L.;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALFALFA; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL TEST; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOYBEAN; TESTING METHOD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56749095504     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0310     Document Type: Article

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