Published online 7 June 2005
Published in J Environ Qual 34:1174-1185 (2005)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0044
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Stochastic Modeling of Diffuse Pesticide Losses from a Small Agricultural Catchment
Anna M. L. Lindahla,*,
Jenny Kreugera,
John Stenströmb,
Annemieke I. Gärdenäsa,
Ghasem Alavic,
Stéphanie Roulierd and
Nicholas J. Jarvisa
a Department of Soil Sciences, SLU, Box 7014, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
b Department of Microbiology, SLU, Box 7025, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
c Sida, Dusjanbe (DHL), 105 25 Stockholm, Sweden
d Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ETH Zürich, CH-8952 Schlieren/Zürich, Switzerland

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Fig. 1. Measured and predicted (stochastic and deterministic) outflows from the Näsbygård field site for a 40-d period following pesticide application on 21 May 1999.
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Fig. 2. Measured and predicted concentrations of MCPA in outflow from the Näsbygård field for a 40-d period following pesticide application on 21 May 1999. Filled circles represent samples with concentrations below the limit of detection.
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Fig. 3. Measured and predicted outflows from the Vemmenhög catchment during January 1993 to December 1999. Summer outflows in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999 are enlarged.
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Fig. 4. Measured and predicted concentrations of MCPA above the limit of determination (LOD) at the catchment monitoring station. The dotted line marks the LOD. A total of 46 measured concentrations and 113 simulated concentrations were less than the LOD. Simulated concentrations were averaged to match the time resolution in the measurements (composite samples taken once or twice weekly).
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Fig. 5. Measured outflow and concentrations of MCPA in the outflow from the Vemmenhög catchment in 1997.
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