Modeling water table depth, drain outflow, and nitrogen losses in a cold climate using DRAINMOD 5.1

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-395

  Dayyani, S ^a   Madramootoo, C A ^a   Prasher, S O ^a   Madam, A ^b   Enright, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold climate; Drainmod 5.1; Freezing thawing; Nitrogen; Water table management

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; COLD CLIMATE; DRAIN DEPTH; DRAINMOD; FIELD RESEARCH; FREEZING AND THAWING; FREEZING-THAWING; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; MODEL FIT; N FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN LOSS; QUEBEC , CANADA; SNOWMELT; SPLIT-PLOT DESIGN; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; FREEZING; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ROADS AND STREETS; THAWING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DRAINAGE WATER; FREEZING; IRRIGATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THAWING; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 77951776300     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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