Conservation tillage in dryland agriculture impacts watershed hydrology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-38

  Van Wie, J B ^a   Adam, J C ^a   Ullman, J L ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Hydrologic modeling; No till; Runoff; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AVAILABLE WATER; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGY SOIL VEGETATION MODELS; DRYLAND; DRYLAND AGRICULTURE; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; MINIMAL EFFECTS; MODEL EFFICIENCY; NO-TILL; PHYSICAL CHANGES; RIVER BASINS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE PREDICTION; SUSTAINABLE FARMING; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS; WASHINGTON STATE; WATER LOSS; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY; WHEAT YIELD; WINTER MONTHS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INFILTRATION; LANDFORMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRYLAND FARMING; EVAPORATION; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RHIZOSPHERE; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED; ZERO TILLAGE;

PALOUSE; PALOUSE BASIN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84874318101     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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