Modeled nitrous oxide emissions from corn fields in Iowa based on county level data

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 431-441

  Jarecki, Marek K ^a   Hatfield, Jerry L ^b   Barbour, Wiley ^a  

^a Camco Clean Energy   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; APPLICATION RATES; DENITRIFICATION DECOMPOSITIONS (DNDC); FIELD EXPERIMENT; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SOIL PARAMETERS; UNDERGROUND NETWORKS;

SOILS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BULK DENSITY; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN FIELD; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPPING SYSTEM; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDY; GROWING SEASON; LOAM SOIL; MAIZE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PH; SAND; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOYBEAN; SPRING; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WINTER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925412054     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.03.0100     Document Type: Article

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