Villamizar Velez, Martha Lucia orcid.org/0000-0002-6545-3807 and Brown, Colin David orcid.org/0000-0001-7291-0407 (2016) Modelling triazines in the valley of the River Cauca, Colombia, using the annualized agricultural non-point source pollution model. Agricultural water management. pp. 24-36. ISSN 0378-3774
Abstract
The annualized agricultural non-point source pollution model (AnnAGNPS) was applied to simulate losses of triazine herbicides to the River Cauca following application to sugarcane, maize and sorghum in the Cauca Valley of Colombia. Surface runoff was found to be the main driver of triazine losses to surface water in the catchment. Satisfactory simulation and validation of the hydrology was achieved after little calibration (Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency = 0.70 and r2 = 0.73). A fairly good simulation of pesticides was generally achieved, but some patterns in the measured data could not be simulated. Uncertainty analyses of sensitive input parameters were carried out which explained most of the concentrations that were not captured by the initial simulation; however, evidence of point source pollution was observed for some large concentrations measured upstream. Replacing triazine herbicides with mesotrione was predicted to result in an 87% reduction in pesticide losses expressed as a proportion of the total pesticide applied.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2016 13:18 |
Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2024 01:16 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.06.010 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.agwat.2016.06.010 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102251 |
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