Spatial variability of herbicide mobilisation and transport at catchment scale: Insights from a field experiment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1947-1967

  Doppler, T ^a,b   Camenzuli, L ^a,b   Hirzel, G ^a,b   Krauss, M ^a,c   Luck A ^a   Stamm, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; CORN FIELDS; CROP PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FARMYARD RUNOFF; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW PATH; FLOW PROCESS; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; HERBICIDE PROPERTIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INFILTRATION EXCESS; MACROPORE FLOW; MACROPORES; MITIGATION MEASURES; MOBILISATION; OPEN CHANNELS; OVERLAND FLOW; POINT OF APPLICATION; PROCESS CHAIN; RAIN EVENTS; SATURATION EXCESS; SOIL SAMPLE; SORPTION PROPERTIES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STORM DRAINS; TILE DRAINS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER SAMPLES;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CULTIVATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SORPTION; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; HERBICIDE; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDICTION; SORPTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863850508     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1947-2012     Document Type: Article

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