Use of default values provides quick, conservative estimates of leaching potential for screening purposes. Does not provide a way to save frequently developed scenarios. Tabular output is also available. Option to edit soil information in PIC is programmed wrong in that the user must select the option not to edit soil information. Option to edit PRZM titles does not work.
Users manual is available, but too comprehensive for quick access.
The PRZM input file created from PIC contains default parameters based on the selected geographic region, soil, weather station, pesticide and crop. The user must provide dates of pesticide applications, amount of applied, and depth incorporated, and the climatological period to be simulated. Agrochemical environmental fate studies.