Modeling the impact of nitrogen fertilizer application and tile drain configuration on nitrate leaching using SWAT

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-43

  Moriasi, Daniel N ^a   Gowda, Prasanna H ^b   Arnold, Jeffrey G ^c   Mulla, David J ^d   Ale, Srinivasulu ^e   Steiner, Jean L ^a  

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADAPT; Drain depth; Drain spacing; Subsurface drainage

Indexed keywords

ADAPT; AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; DRAIN DEPTH; DRAIN SPACINGS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL MOISTURE RETENTIONS; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY;

REDUCTION;

ALGORITHM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TILE DRAIN;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883788101     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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