Subsurface drainage and subirrigation effects on water quality in southeast North Dakota

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1757-1769

  Jia, X ^a   De Sutter, T M ^b   Lin, Z ^a   Schuh, W M ^c   Steele, D D ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Dakota State Water Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrient; Salinity; Subirrigation; Subsurface drainage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD STUDIES; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; KJELDAHL; MINNESOTA; NESTED DESIGN; NORTH DAKOTA; OBSERVATION WELLS; OUTLET STRUCTURES; PUMP STRUCTURE; RANDOM EFFECTS; RAPID EXPANSION; RED RIVER; RISING WATER TABLE; SALINITY; SI PROCESS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SALINITY; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TRAFFICABILITY; WATER INLETS; WATER SAMPLES; WELL LOCATION; WELL WATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SUBIRRIGATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER QUALITY;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SALINE SOIL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; RED RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872313278     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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