Integration of a detailed biogeochemical model into SWAT for improved nitrogen predictions—Model development, sensitivity, and GLUE analysis

T. Pohlert, J.A. Huisman, L. Breuer and H.-G. Frede

Ecological Modelling, 2007, vol. 203, issue 3, 215-228

Abstract: In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was extended with algorithms from a detailed nitrogen turnover model to enhance the model performance with regard to the prediction of nitrogen leaching. The new model, which is further referred to as SWAT-N, includes algorithms for decomposition, growth of nitrifying bacteria, nitrification, nitrificatory as well as denitrificatory N-emissions, N-uptake by plants and N transport due to water fluxes. The model was tested with a lysimeter dataset of a long term fertilisation experiment including crop rotation conducted in Eastern Germany.

Keywords: N-budget; Lysimeter; Denitrification; Mineralisation; Nitrification; Uncertainty estimation; Sensitivity analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.11.019

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