Showing 21 - 30 of 44,361
To avoid the water quality deterioration that are caused by artificial recharge (AR) of groundwater, potable drinking water has been used as one of the source water for AR to control the side effects caused by the over-exploitation of groundwater. Chemical clogging problems can still be caused...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010794057
Hydraulic conductivity is the essential parameter for groundwater modeling and management. Yet estimation of hydraulic conductivity in a heterogeneous aquifer is expensive and time consuming. In this study; artificial intelligence (AI) models of Sugeno Fuzzy Logic (SFL), Mamdani Fuzzy Logic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010794735
We construct a spatially explicit groundwater model that has multiple cells and finite hydraulic conductivity to estimate the gains from groundwater management and the factors driving those gains. We calibrate an 246-cell model to the parameters and geography of Kern County, California, and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709187
The evaluation of downward water fluxes in Histosols is critical for water budget and irrigation studies in natural and cultivated wetlands. By analyzing water fluxes in cultivated organic soils, our study aimed to (i) compare drainage water fluxes measured using in situ lysimeters to fluxes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011047639
The objective of this study was to analyze the components of the water balance in an Ultisol, located in the municipality of Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil (21°20′20″S, 48°18′35″W), that was cultivated with sugarcane. The monitoring was performed during the agricultural cycle of the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011047650
The study was conducted to evaluate hydraulic conductivity functions in relation to some soil chemical properties in an oxisols of the tropics. Field and laboratory studies were carried out and data collected, subjected to statistical analytical procedure for computing coefficient of variability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200683
"In the last 200 yr, more than 80% of the land in the U.S. Corn Belt agro-ecosystem has been converted from natural perennial vegetation to intensive agricultural production of row crops. Despite research showing how re-integration of perennial vegetation, e.g., cover crops, pasture, riparian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468318
pollination systems in many areas of agriculture are threatened by the inadequacy or lack of sustainable managed, indigenous, or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468368
"Traditionally, benefits of common property arrangements arose from complementarity in resource use, which permitted multiple uses for several users. Today, common property resources (CPRs) represent quasi-public goods, featuring increasing rivalry in consumption. As the domain of uses widens...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468381
"Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468433