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Document: Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) User Manual (Doc-352)

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Authors
Saleh, A. and O. Gallego
Year
2018
Title
Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) User Manual
Document Type
Web Page
Abstract
The Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) was designed and developed by the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER), Tarleton State University with funding from USDA Office of Environmental Markets, USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants program, and various state agencies. NTT is a web-based, site-specific application that estimates nutrient and sediment losses at the field scale or at the small watershed scale. Agricultural producers and land managers can define a number of management scenarios and generate a report showing the expected nutrient loss differences between any selected scenarios for a given field or small watershed. NTT compares agricultural management systems to calculate a change in expected flow, nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment losses, and crop yield. Estimates are made using the APEX model (Williams et al. 2000). Results represent average losses from the field based on 35 years of simulated weather. NTT requires regional soils, climate and site-specific crop management information. NTT currently provides selections for all regions of U.S. and Puerto Rico territory, but it has only been validated for a limited number of states and counties. As validation becomes possible in other parts of the country, parameter files may be updated for additional counties in future versions. There are two versions of new NTT program available: • The BASIC version is a user-friendly version of NTT that allows users to estimate N, P and sediment from crop and pasture lands. • The Research and Education version of NTT (NTT-RE) was developed for researchers and educational institutes for teaching and training purposes. NTT-RE includes additional functions allowing the user to view and edit soil layers, view crop water and nutrient stresses, and modify and the APEX parameters file for calibration and validation purposes. • The data sources and APEX simulations in both versions are identical. For more information regarding NTT, please refer to Saleh et al. (2011 and 2015).
URL Exit
http://ntt.tiaer.tarleton.edu/welcomes/new?locale=en
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