Water balance investigation of drainage water management in non-weighing lysimeters

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-514

  Riley, Kyle Dean ^a   Helmers, Matthew J ^a   Lawlor, Peter Andrew ^a   Singh, Ranvir ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage water management; Subsurface drainage; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NITRATE NITROGEN; RAINFALL CONDITION; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SURFACES; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE RUNOFF; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLOWS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LYSIMETERS; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEIGHING;

DRAINAGE;

EID: 70350274566     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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