Soil moisture and rainfall intensity thresholds for runoff generation in southwestern Wisconsin agricultural watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 3521-3534

  Radatz, Timothy F ^a,b   Thompson, Anita M ^b   Madison, Frederick W ^b  

^a Minnesota and Wisconsin Discovery Farms   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Manure management; Runoff; Soil moisture; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; MANURES; PLANT MANAGEMENT; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TOOLS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MANURE MANAGEMENT; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

CROP ROTATION; DOLOSTONE; MANURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; THRESHOLD; TILLAGE; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84898544446     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9460     Document Type: Article

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