The hydrology of a drained topographical depression within an agricultural field in North-Central Iowa

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1801-1814

  Roth, J L ^a   Capel, P D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Drainage; Drainage systems; Drainage water; Drains; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrology; Infiltration; Surface drainage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATIC DATA; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE WATER; DRAINS; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROWING SEASON; HIGH DENSITY; LAND SURFACE; MINOR COMPONENTS; SURFACE DRAINAGE; SURFACE DRAINS; VERTICAL SURFACE; WATER BALANCE; WET CONDITIONS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; MIXED CONVECTION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

INFILTRATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DRAINAGE NETWORK; DRAINAGE WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; GROWING SEASON; INFILTRATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER LEVEL;

IOWA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872324140     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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