Predicting unsaturated zone nitrogen mass balances in agricultural settings of the United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1051-1065

  Nolan, Bernard T ^a   Puckett, Larry J ^a   Ma, Liwang ^b   Green, Christopher T ^c   Bayless, E Randall ^a   Malone, Robert W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SETTING; CALIFORNIA; FATE AND TRANSPORT; GLYCINE MAX; INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; INVERSE MODELING; MANUAL CALIBRATION; MARYLAND; MASS BALANCE; MERCED RIVER; MONITORING WELLS; N CYCLING; N-FIXATION; NEBRASKA; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; PLANT UPTAKE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODELS; SIMULATION PROFILES; SOIL HYDRAULICS; UNSATURATED ZONE; ZEA MAYS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ALMOND; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORN; CROP ROTATION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORCHARD; SIMULATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BROMIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER;

ACER; GLYCINE MAX; PRUNUS DULCIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952133982     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0310     Document Type: Article

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