Monitoring and apex modeling of no-till and reduced-till in tile-drained agricultural landscapes for water quality

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 777-789

  Francesconi, Wendy ^a   Smith, Douglas R ^a   Heathman, Gary C ^a   Wang, Xiuying ^b   Williams, Candiss O ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

APEX model; Model calibration; Model validation; Nutrient transport; Runoff; Sediment yield; Tile drainage

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELDS; TILE DRAINAGE;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; TILLAGE; WATER QUALITY;

SAINT JOSEPH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920669627     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.57.10332     Document Type: Article

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