Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Johnson, Terrence G.
URN	etd-05222007-091359
Title	A model of nitrate leaching from agricultural systems in the northern neck of Virginia
Degree	PhD
Department	Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Parker, John C. Committee Chair Dillaha, Theo A. III Committee Member Gallagher, Daniel L. Committee Member Novak, John T. Committee Member Randall, Clifford W. Committee Member Reneau, Raymond B. Jr. Committee Member
Keywords	Nitrogen fertilizers Environmental aspects Virgini Agricultural chemicals Environmental aspects Virgi
Date of Defense	1992-10-01
Availability	restricted
Abstract A model (VTCROPS) was developed to simulate the long-term effects of nitrogen (N) leaching to groundwater in the Northern Neck region of Virginia, and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay. VTCROPS simulates N fate and transport in a soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in a vertical slice between two crop rows, enabling consideration of nonuniform fertilizer placement and root growth patterns. VTCROPS models atmospheric, soil and crop subsystems. Atmospheric conditions (rainfall, temperature, solar radiation) may be directly input by the user or generated using a stochastic climatic generator. The soil subsystem simulates runoff, infiltration, drainage and soil-water redistribution, N immobilization, nitrification, mineralization, denitrification and advective N transport. The crop subsystem simulates plant N uptake, and vegetative and reproductive growth in response to soil and climatic factors, explicitly for maize or wheat. VTCROPS simulates soybean in a crop rotation empirically accounting for leaf area and root growth. The model is capable of simulating long-term cropping sequences under minimum and conventional tillage practices for continuous maize or for rotations involving maize, wheat, soybean and fallow.
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