EPIC Tile Flow and Nitrate Loss Predictions for Three Minnesota Cropping Systems
S.W. Chunga,
P.W. Gassmanb,
D.R. Hugginsc and
G.W. Randalld
a Civil Eng., Korean Water Resources Corp., Taejon, South Korea
b Center for Agric. and Rural Dev., Dep. of Economics, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, 50011
c USDA-ARS, 233 Johnson Hall, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164
d Univ. of Minnesota, Southern Research and Outreach Station, Waseca, MN 56093

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Fig. 1. Observed and Case I simulated monthly tile flows during 19901993 at Lamberton, MN, for (a) continuous corn (CC), (b) cornsoybean (CS), and (c) continuous alfalfa (CA); and (d) monthly precipitation.
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Fig. 2. Observed and Case I simulated monthly NO3N losses during 19901993 at Lamberton, MN, for (a) continuous corn (CC), (b) cornsoybean (CS), and (c) continuous alfalfa (CA).
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Fig. 3. Observed and Case II simulated monthly tile flows during 19901993 at Lamberton, MN, for (a) continuous corn (CC) and (b) cornsoybean (CS), and (c) monthly precipitation.
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Fig. 4. Observed and Case II simulated monthly NO3N losses during 19901993 at Lamberton, MN, for (a) continuous corn (CC) and (b) cornsoybean (CS).
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