Interfacing geographical information systems and pesticide models

Simulation models offer a complementary role to monitoring pesticides with additional advantages like being cost-effective, linking their transport with use, forecasting of chemical fate before it is used, etc. Pesticide fate modelling coupled with the advantage of GIS technologies for various data-...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 2005-10, Vol.89 (8), p.1362-1370
Main Authors: Sood, Chitra, Bhagat, R. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Geographic information systems
Groundwater
Hydrological modeling
Modeling
Pesticides
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Soil pollution
Soil water
Spatial models
Water quality
Watersheds
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Summary:Simulation models offer a complementary role to monitoring pesticides with additional advantages like being cost-effective, linking their transport with use, forecasting of chemical fate before it is used, etc. Pesticide fate modelling coupled with the advantage of GIS technologies for various data-handling, spatial analyses and visualization under variable inputs and spatial scales, is an innovative approach developed during recent years. The use of GIS as a tool for management and analysis of spatial data together with various modelling techniques has many applications in determining pesticide fate in the environment. Applications of GIS, some popular pesticide models with GIS interfaces and their applications have been discussed here.
ISSN:0011-3891