Laws Governing Nitrogen Loss and Its Numerical Simulation in the Sloping Farmland of the Miyun Reservoir
Author:
Li Yan1, Jin Liang1, Wu Jiajun2, Shi Chuanqi3, Li Shuo1, Xie Jianzhi2, An Zhizhuang1, Suo Linna1, Ding Jianli1, Wei Dan1, Wang Lei12
Affiliation:
1. Institute of Plant Nutrition, Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China 2. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071000, China 3. Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Cold Region Wetland Ecology and Environment Research, Harbin University, Harbin 150076, China
Abstract
Surface flow (SF) and subsurface flow (SSF) are important hydrological processes occurring on slopes, and are driven by two main factors: rainfall intensity and slope gradient. To explore nitrogen (N) migration and loss from sloping farmland in the Miyun Reservoir, the characteristics of total nitrogen (TN) migration and loss via SF and SSF under different rainfall intensities (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 mm/h) and slope gradients (5°, 10°, and 15°) were studied using indoor stimulated rainfall tests and mathematical models. Nitrogen loss via SF and SSF was found to increase exponentially and linearly with time, respectively, with SSF showing 14–78 times higher loss than SF. Under different rainfall intensities, SSF generally had larger TN loss loading than SF, thereby indicating that SSF was the main route for TN loss. However, the TN loss loading proportion via SF increasing from 14.03% to 35.82% with increasing rainfall intensity is noteworthy. Furthermore, compared with the measurement data, the precision evaluation index Nash-Suttcliffe efficient (NSE) and the determination coefficient (R2) of the effective mixing depth model in the numerical simulation of TN loss through SF in the sloping farmland in the Miyun Reservoir were 0.74 and 0.831, respectively, whereas those of the convection-dispersion equation for SSF were 0.81 and 0.811, respectively, thus indicating good simulation results. Therefore, this paper provides a reference for studying the mechanism of N migration and loss in sloping farmland in the Miyun Reservoir.
Funder
Science and Technology Capacity Improvement Project of Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences National Key Research and Development Program of China Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Youth Fund Technological Innovation for the Protection and Utilization of Black Land general program of NSFC Beijing Postdoctoral Fund, Post-doctoral Research Fund of Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Beijing Academic Program
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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