Monitoring and modelling draining and resident soil water nitrate concentrations to estimate leaching losses

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1779-1786

  Van der Laan, M ^a   Stirzaker, R J ^a,b   Annandale, J G ^a   Bristow, K L ^a,b   Preez, C C du ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Draining and resident soil water; Modelling; Monitoring; Nitrate leaching; SWB Sci

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLERS; BALANCE MODEL; DRAINING SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; LEACHATES; LEACHING LOSS; LIMITED INFORMATION; MEASURED DATA; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MODELLING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEACHING; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; ROOT ZONE; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODEL; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SUCTION CUP; SWB-SCI; TIME STEP; WATER FLUX; WETTING FRONTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; NITRATES; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WETTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOMONITORING; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRIGATION; LEACHATE; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 77955769157     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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