Linked models to assess the impacts of climate change on nitrogen in a Norwegian river basin and fjord system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 365, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 200-222

  Kaste, O ^a   Wright, R F ^a   Barkved, L J ^a   Bjerkeng, B ^a   Engen Skaugen, T ^b   Magnusson, J ^a   Saelthun N R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acidification; Climate change; Freshwater; Marine eutrophication; Nitrogen; Runoff

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RUNOFF;

ACIDIFICATION; FRESHWATER; MARINE EUTROPHICATION; MAX-PLANCK INSTITUTE (MPI);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACID; NITROGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; MACROPHYTE; NORWAY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; SIMULATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUTROPHICATION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NORWAY; PRECIPITATION; RIVERS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

BJERKREIM RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ROGALAND; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33745129438     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.035     Document Type: Article

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