Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2): Model use, calibration, and validation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1425-1446

  Ma, L ^a   Ahuja, L R ^a   Nolan, B T ^b   Malone, R W ^a   Trout, T J ^a   Qi, Z ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrological modeling; Model validation; Modeling; Plant growth; RZWQM; Soil water movement

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANT GROWTH; RZWQM; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT;

CALIBRATION; CULTIVATION; LEACHING; MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CALIBRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAIZE; MODEL VALIDATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOFTWARE; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866368892     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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