Predicting soil water and mineral nitrogen contents with the STICS model for estimating nitrate leaching under agricultural fields

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-65

  Jego G ^a,c   Sanchez Perez J M ^a,b   Justes, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Alluvial plain; Groundwater; Simulated drainage; Simulated nitrate leaching; Soil nitrate content; Soil water content; STICS model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL PLAINS; COARSE-GRAINED; DEEP SOILS; DRAINAGE WATER; DYNAMIC PREDICTION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOOD PLAINS; MEDIUM TERM; MINERAL NITROGEN CONTENT; MODEL EFFICIENCY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE LOSS; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ROOT ZONE; SIMULATED NITRATE LEACHING; SOIL MINERAL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DRAINAGE WATER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LEACHING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER;

FRANCE; GARONNE RIVER;

EID: 84857996908     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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