Combined effects of short term rainfall patterns and soil texture on soil nitrogen cycling - A modeling analysis

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 141-154

  Gu, Chuanhui ^a   Riley, William J ^b  

^a Berkeley Water Center   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Climate change; GHG emission; N cycle; Nitrate leaching; Vadoze zone

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLAY LOAM SOILS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPLEX SOILS; COSTA RICA; DYNAMIC MODELING APPROACH; GAS EFFLUX; GHG EMISSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; MODELING ANALYSIS; N CYCLING; NITRATE LEACHING; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RAINFALL DYNAMICS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SHORT TERM; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEXTURES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOUGHREACT; TRACE-GASES; TRACER TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION; TROPICAL SYSTEMS; UNSATURATED SOIL; VADOZE ZONE; WATER STRESS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEXTURE; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GAS TRANSPORT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOAM SOIL; METABOLIC RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; WATER STRESS;

COSTA RICA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; RAIN; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 76049106816     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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