De Paz,J.M., Delgado,J.A., Ramos,C., Shaffer,M.J. and Barbarick,K.K.(2009): Use of a new GIS nitrogen index assessment tool for evaluation of nitrate leaching across a Mediterranean region. Journal of Hydrology, 365, 183-194.

『地中海地域にわたる硝酸塩浸出の評価のための新しいGIS窒素インデックス評価ツールの使用』


Abstract
 Traditional nitrogen (N) management practices with excessive N fertilizer application and higher N losses to the environment are more widely used than the recommended best management practices (BMPs) across the nitrogen vulnerable zone (NVZ) of the Mediterranean region of Valencia. Since reported underground concentrations for this region are as high as 100 mg NO3-N L-1, nutrient managers and policy makers need quick tools that qualitatively rank N management and their respective N losses to the environment in order to implement BMPs across the region. Our hypothesis was that a new tier one GIS N index tool (GIS NIT-a), based on quantitative N mass balance and qualitative rankings, can be used to assess N management practices across the NVZ. The new GIS NIT-a assessment tool was able to simulate N uptake, hydrology characteristics (water leaching), N dynamics and NO3-N leaching across several sites of the NVZ (P <0.001). This study suggests that the GIS NIT-1 can be used to quickly identify practices that produce very low to moderate N losses to the environment from those with high and very high N rankings.

Keywords: Ammonia volatilization; Denitrification; Nitrate leaching; GIS; NUE; Nitrogen index』

Introduction
Materials and methods
 Study area
 Nitrogen index tier one tool connected to GIS (GIS NIT-1)
  Hydrologic soil map
  Precipitation map
  NO3-N irrigation map
  Crop management map
  Nitrogen management scenarios
 Nitrogen index calibration - validation
 Sensitivity analysis
Results and discussion
 Calibration - validation
 Sensitivity
 Management scenarios
  System nitrogen use efficiency (NUE)
  Effects of hydrologic groups-soil texture on NO3-N leaching and atmospheric N losses
 Nitrate leaching maps
 Comparison of N leached map with groundwater nitrate content
Conclusions
References


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