An object-oriented software framework for the farm-scale simulation of nitrate leaching from agricultural land uses - IRAP farmsim

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 662-668

  Good, J ^a   Bright, J ^b  

^a LINCOLN AGRITECH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b AQUALINC RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural modelling; Nitrate leaching; Object oriented

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL MODELLING; AQUIFER PROTECTION; COMPONENT BASED; CROP ROTATION; CROSS-PLATFORM; DAIRY FARMING; DATA INPUT; FARM MANAGEMENT; FARM-SCALE; FLUX INPUTS; GENERIC INTERFACES; INTEGRATED RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS; MICROSOFT; MICROSOFT .NET; MODEL COMPONENTS; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; NEW ZEALAND; NITRATE LEACHING; OBJECT ORIENTED; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN; OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DESIGNS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; RESEARCH COLLABORATORS; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SOIL COMPONENTS; SOIL FERTILITY; STOCK MANAGEMENT; TO EFFECT; VADOSE ZONE; VARIABLE NUMBER; VISUAL C; EXTENSIBLE MARK-UP LANGUAGE (XML); OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; FARMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; LEACHING; NITRATES; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOILS; XML; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; LAND USE; VISUAL LANGUAGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 80052941450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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