Evaluation of the hooghoudt and kirkham tile drain equations in the soil and water assessment tool to simulate tile flow and nitrate-nitrogen

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1699-1710

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

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Conservation and Production Research Lab ^*  (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CALIBRATION PERIODS; HYPOXIC CONDITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PARAMETER ADJUSTMENTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; VALIDATION PERIODS; WATER QUALITY MODELS;

CULTIVATION; NITRATES; WATER QUALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HOOGHOUDT AND KIRKHAM TILE DRAIN EQUATION; LAND DRAINAGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887595751     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.01.0018     Document Type: Article

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