Measuring and modeling the effects of drainage water management on soil greenhouse gas fluxes from corn and soybean fields

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 652-664

  Nangia, V ^a,d   Sunohara, M D ^a   Topp, E ^b   Gregorich, E G ^a   Drury, C F ^c   Gottschall, N ^a   Lapen, D R ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Carbon dioxide; Field soils; Methane; Modeling; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; FARMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; SILT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

C SEQUESTRATION; CH 4; CONTROLLED TILE DRAINAGES; CORN FIELDS; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; FIELD SOIL; GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES; MODELING; NITROUS OXIDE; SOYBEAN FIELDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRONOMY; CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOYBEAN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVEST; LOAM SOIL; MAIZE; PREDICTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOYBEAN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FIELD SOILS; METHANE; MODELING; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEASONS; SOIL; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84885869828     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.05.040     Document Type: Article

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