COMPARISON OF SIMULATED (DRAINMOD) AND MEASURED TILE OUTFLOW AND WATER TABLE ELEVATIONS FROM TWO FIELD SITES IN IOWA

ABSTRACT Four years of field data on subsurface drain flows and water table elevations from two experimental sites in Iowa were used to compare the predicted values by DRAINMOD, a water management model. DRAINMOD simulations conducted for Nicollet silt loam and Kenyon loam soils of Iowa predicted water table elevations within an average deviation of 15 cm and 19 cm, respectively. The subsurface drain outflows predicted by DRAINMOD were within an average deviation of 0.065 cm/day.

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