Annual freshwater river mass loads from Great Britain, 1975-1994: Estimation algorithm, database and monitoring network issues

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 304, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 221-237

  Littlewood, I G ^a   Marsh, T J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation algorithm; Fluxes; North Sea; OSPAR; River mass loads

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

GREAT BRITAIN; LIMIT OF DETECTION (LOD); ORTHOPHOSPHATE;

RIVERS;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14744271776     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.07.031     Document Type: Article

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