HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Corwin, D. L. Articles by Wagenet, R. J. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Corwin, D. L. Articles by Wagenet, R. J. Agricola Articles by Corwin, D. L. Articles by Wagenet, R. J.

Applications of GIS to the Modeling of NonPoint Source Pollutants in the Vadose Zone: A Conference Overview

USDA-ARS, U.S. Salinity Lab., 450 West Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA 92507-4617;

R. J. Wagenet, professor and Dep. Head

Dep. of Soil, Crop and Atmos. Sciences, Emerson Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853.

^* Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

Because of their ubiquitous nature and potential chronic health effects, nonpoint source (NPS) pollutants have become a focal point of attention by the general public, particularly regarding pollution of surface and subsurface drinking water sources. The NPS pollutants pose a technical problem because of the areal extent of their contamination that increases the complexity and sheer volume of data far beyond that of point-source pollutants. The spatial nature of the NPS pollution problem necessitates the use of a geographic information system (GIS) to manipulate, retrieve, and display the large volumes of spatial data. This overview provides a brief introduction and review of the modeling of NPS pollutants with GIS and a brief discussion of some of the papers presented at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA 1995 Bouyoucos Conference entitled Applications of GIS to the Modeling of Nonpoint Source Pollutants in the Vadose Zone.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				H. Lin and H. Lin Hydropedology: Bridging Disciplines, Scales, and Data Vadose Zone J., February 1, 2003; 2(1): 1 - 11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				G. Schoups, G. Schoups, and J. W. Hopmans Analytical Model for Vadose Zone Solute Transport with Root Water and Solute Uptake Vadose Zone J., August 1, 2002; 1(1): 158 - 171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]