Modelling diffuse emission and retention of nutrients in the Vantaanjoki watershed (Finland) using the SWAT model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-38

  Grizzetti, B ^a   Bouraoui, F ^a   Granlund, K ^b   Rekolainen, S ^b   Bidoglio, G ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Retention

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RETENTION; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; VANTAANJOKI BASIN;

EID: 0346973885     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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