Development and evaluation of GIS-based ArcPRZM-3 system for spatial modeling of groundwater vulnerability to pesticide contamination

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 822-830

  Akbar, Tahir Ali ^a,b   Lin, Henry ^c   DeGroote, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ArcPRZM 3; GIS; Groundwater; Groundwater spatial modeling; Pesticide; PRZM 3; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ARCPRZM-3; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; GROUNDWATER WELLS; HIGH-RISK CATEGORIES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MODEL INPUTS; MODELING SYSTEMS; MONITORING WELLS; PESTICIDE LEACHING; PRZM-3; ROOT ZONE; SIMULATION RESULT; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL SURFACES; SPATIAL MODELING; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; LEACHING; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; RATING; SOILS; WELLS;

HEALTH RISKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; GIS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOFTWARE; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES; WOODRUFF COUNTY;

EID: 79958724676     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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