GIS-based modelling of solute fluxes at the catchment scale: A case study of the agricultural contribution to the riverine nitrogen loading in the Vejle Fjord catchment, Denmark

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 291-310

  Skop, Eli ^a   Sørensen, Peter B ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental modelling; GIS; Nitrate loading; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; CATCHMENT; GIS; MODELLING APPROACH; NITROGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SURFACE WATER; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

DENMARK, VEJLE FJORD;

EID: 0032033005     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00205-6     Document Type: Article

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