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Developing a tile drainage module for the Cold Regions Hydrological Model: lessons from a farm in southern Ontario, Canada
Mazda Kompanizare
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Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Canmore and Saskatoon, Canada
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Diogo Costa
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Canmore and Saskatoon, Canada
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
Merrin L. Macrae
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
John W. Pomeroy
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Canmore and Saskatoon, Canada
Richard M. Petrone
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Zhihua He, Kevin Shook, Christopher Spence, John W. Pomeroy, and Colin Whitfield
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Short summary
A new agricultural tile drainage module was developed in the Cold Region Hydrological Model platform. Tile flow and water levels are simulated by considering the effect of capillary fringe thickness, drainable water and seasonal regional groundwater dynamics. The model was applied to a small well-instrumented farm in southern Ontario, Canada, where there are concerns about the impacts of agricultural drainage into Lake Erie.
A new agricultural tile drainage module was developed in the Cold Region Hydrological Model...
