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Environmental Features Important in Nonpoint Source Models — Microclimatology

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Models designed to aid research in fields such as nonpoint source pollution must be designed with the ability to realistically simulate the effect of management changes on the soil physical, chemical, and biological environment. This and the next chapter describe features of some of the more complex models that have been developed to aid in analyzing nonpoint source pollution. These features are microclimatology, plant or crop growth, and soil properties as influenced by management and tillage. The discussion of microclimatology in this chapter covers the general heat budget of crop canopies and techniques for calculating energy mass fluxes, surface radiation balance and its components, soil heat flux, and the aerial and crop resistances affecting energy transport. The discussion of crop growth in Chapter 12 describes methods of calculating photosynthesis and light interception, respiration, translocation, root activity and nutrient uptake, plant development and morphogenesis, and some examples of crop growth models. Also in Chapter 12, I discuss how soil properties are influenced by management. It covers estimates of interception and depression storage, soil bulk density and hydraulic properties.

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DeCoursey, D.G. (1991). Environmental Features Important in Nonpoint Source Models — Microclimatology. In: Bowles, D.S., O’Connell, P.E. (eds) Recent Advances in the Modeling of Hydrologic Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 345. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3480-4_11

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