Modelling nitrogen leaching from sewage sludge application to arable land in the Lombardy region (northern Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 509-518

  Fumagalli, Mattia ^a   Perego, Alessia ^a   Acutis, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

CropSyst model; Nitrogen leaching; NVZ; Sludge spreading

Indexed keywords

CROPSYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONES; NITROGEN LEACHING; NVZ; SLUDGE SPREADING; TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS; TEMPORAL RESTRICTIONS;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; RECYCLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

LEACHING;

NITROGEN;

ARABLE LAND; EUROPEAN UNION; LEACHING; MAIZE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; RICE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAIZE; NITRATE LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; TILLAGE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WINTER;

CROPSYST MODEL; NITROGEN LEACHING; NVZ; SLUDGE SPREADING;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERTILIZERS; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; SEASONS; SEWAGE; ZEA MAYS;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878898282     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.029     Document Type: Article

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