Modelling nitrate losses from agricultural activities on a national scale

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 319-327

  Dunn, S M ^a   Vinten, A J A ^b   Lilly, A ^a   DeGroote, J ^a   McGechan, M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; GIS; Land use; Modelling; Nitrate; Policy development; Soils; Ungauged

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

NITRATE LOSSES; NITROGEN RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR SCOTLAND (NIRAMS); STREAMWATER; WATER BALANCE MODEL;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LEACHING; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; POLICY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

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

EID: 17544382772     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0606     Document Type: Article

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