Luminate: Linking Agricultural Land Use, Local Water Quality And Gulf Of Mexico Hypoxia

Authors

C L. KlingFollow
Y Panagopoulos
S S. Rabotyagov
A M. Valcu
C L. Kling
T Campbell
M J. White
J G. Arnold
R Srinivasan
M K. Jha
J J. Richardson
L M. Moskal
R. Eugene TurnerFollow
N N. Rabalais

Author ORCID Identifier

Panagopoulos, Yiannis: 0000-0002-8809-7497
Panagopoulos, Yiannis: 0000-0002-8809-7497
Jha, Manoj: 0000-0003-1156-2992
Srinivasan, R: 0000-0001-8375-6038
Moskal, L. Monika: 0000-0003-1563-6506
Rabalais, Nancy N.: 0000-0002-1514-837X
Kling, Catherine L: 0000-0002-4785-7154

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the importance of developing integrated assessment models to support the design and implementation of policies to address water quality problems associated with agricultural pollution. We describe a new modelling system, LUMINATE, which links land use decisions made at the field scale in the Upper Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Basins through both environmental and hydrological components to downstream water quality effects and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. This modelling system can be used to analyse detailed policy scenarios identifying the costs of the policies and their resulting benefits for improved local and regional water quality. We demonstrate the model's capabilities with a simple scenario where cover crops are incentivised with green payments over a large expanse of the watershed.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

European Review Of Agricultural Economics

First Page

431

Last Page

459

Recommended Citation

Kling, C. L., Panagopoulos, Y., Rabotyagov, S. S., Valcu, A. M., Kling, C. L., Campbell, T., White, M. J., Arnold, J. G., Srinivasan, R., Jha, M. K., Richardson, J. J., Moskal, L. M., Turner, R., & Rabalais, N. N. (2014). Luminate: Linking Agricultural Land Use, Local Water Quality And Gulf Of Mexico Hypoxia. European Review Of Agricultural Economics, 41 (3), 431-459. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbu009