Soil nitrogen balance under wastewater management: Field measurements and simulation results

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1286-1301

  Sophocleous, Marios ^a   Townsend, Margaret A ^a   Vocasek, Fred ^b   Ma, Liwang ^c   KC, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Agri/Environmental Consulting   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DEEP SOILS; DOMESTIC WELLS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATED CORN; KEY PARAMETERS; N FERTILIZATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODELS; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SOIL-WATER CONTENT; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; SUCTION LYSIMETERS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TREATED WASTEWATER; USE EFFICIENCY; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY MINERALS; CROPS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; IRRIGATION; MONITORING; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SIMULATORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ALFALFA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; CORN; CROP ROTATION; HARVEST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LOAM SOIL; MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TABLE;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 66649101479     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0318     Document Type: Article

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