Agricultural policy environmental extender simulation of three adjacent row-crop watersheds in the claypan region

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 726-736

  Senaviratne, G M M M Anomaa ^a   Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a   Baffaut, Claire ^a   Anderson, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; VALIDATION RESULTS;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACIDS; CALIBRATION; LANDFORMS; LOADING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL EXTENDER; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; EVAPORATION; HARVEST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAIZE; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOYBEAN; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; WATER FLOW;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84879013712     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0241     Document Type: Article

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