Effect of controlled drainage on water and nitrogen balances in drained lands

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1843-1850

  Skaggs, R Wayne ^a   Youssef, Mohamed A ^a   Gilliam, J Wendell ^b   Evans, Robert O ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Department of Soil Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Controlled drainage; Drainage; Drainage water management; DRAINMOD; Nitrogen; Water table management

Indexed keywords

BMP; CONTROLLED DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; DRAINMOD; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LOCATION; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; SEEPAGE; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DRAINAGE; FIELDWORK; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649507148     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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