Understanding nitrogen transfer dynamics in a small agricultural catchment: Comparison of a distributed (TNT2) and a semi distributed (SWAT) modeling approaches

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Ferrant, Sylvain ^a   Oehler, François ^a,b   Durand, Patrick ^c,d   Ruiz, Laurent ^c,d   Salmon Monviola, Jordy ^c,d   Justes, Eric ^e   Dugast, Philippe ^f   Probst, Anne ^a   Probst, Jean Luc ^a   Sanchez Perez, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UMR SAS   (France)

^d AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f GPN   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Nitrogen losses; Small catchement modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; C:N RATIO; CALIBRATION PROCESS; CROP MODEL; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; GLOBAL TRENDS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MAIN PROCESS; MODELING APPROACH; N AVAILABILITY; N BALANCE; N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN LOSSES; NITROGEN TRANSFER; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMALL CATCHEMENT MODELING; SOIL LAYER; SOIL MINERALIZATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL INTERACTION; STREAM WATER QUALITY; SWAT MODEL;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMICS; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATA SET; DENITRIFICATION; HUMUS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79961022055     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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