Bridging Among Disciplines by Synthesizing Soil and Plant Processes

In the 8th book of Dr. Ahuja’s innovative “Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling” series, authors give a look into the future of climatesmart agricultural systems, emphasizing the integration of soil, weather, vegetation and management information to predict relevant agro-ecosystem processes. Expansion of data availability, improvement of sensors, and computational power have opened opportunities in modeling and exploration of management impact. Authors give a background on model development and explain soil, plant, and climate processes and their interactions that encompass the wide range of applications of simulation models to address challenges in managing our resources and complex agricultural systems.

Foreword vii Preface ix Contributors xii 1. Biophysical System Models Advance Agricultural Research and Technology: Some Examples and Further Research Needs Lajpat R. Ahuja,* Liwang Ma, and Saseendran S. Anapalli 1 2. A Holistic and Historic Analytical Approach to Water Management of Flat Land Watersheds with Tile Drains–The van Deemter Analysis M.J.M. Römkens* 33 3. History of Ecosystem Model Development at Colorado State University and Current Efforts to Address Contemporary Ecological Issues S. J. Del Grosso* and W. J. Parton 53 4. The Wind Erosion Prediction System and its Use in Conservation Planning John Tatarko,* Larry Wagner, and Fred Fox 71 5. Modeling Cropping Systems with HERMES – Model Capability, Deficits and Data Requirements. K.C. Kersebaum,* E. Wallor, K. Lorenz, N. Beaudoin, J. Constantin, and O. Wendroth 103 6. Towards an Integrated Agroecosystem Modeling Approach for Climate-Smart Agriculture Management Wei Ren* 127 7. Potential Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Water Requirements for Some Major Crops in the Northern High Plains of Texas Ripendra Awal* and Ali Fares 145 8. Modeling Current and Future Climate Eff ects on Winter Wheat Producti on in Colorado, USA Maha L.M. Elsayed, Saseendran Anapalli,* Lajpat.R. Ahuja, Liwang Ma, Thomas J. Trout and Allan A. Andales 171 9. Modelling Nitrous Oxide Emissions from an Oats Cover Crop with the RZWQM2 R. Li, M.R. Cameira,* and D. Fangueiro 201 10. Agronomic-economic Coupled Decision Support Applicati on for Irrigati on with Water Containing Salts Avigail Kaner, Effi Tripler, Efrat Hadas, Alon Ben-Gal* 223 11. Modelling Water Quality in Subsurface Drained Cropland Using the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) Qianjing Jiang, Zhiming Qi,* Liwang Ma, Quanxiao Fang 237 Index 271