A framework for predicting delivery of phosphorus from agricultural land using a decision-tree approach

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 306, 2006, Pages 514-523

  Brazier, Richard ^a   Schärer, Michael ^b   Heathwaite, Louise ^b   Beven, Keith ^b   Scholefield, Paul ^b   Haygarth, Phil ^c   Hodgkinson, Robin ^e   Walling, Des ^d   Withers, Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Delivery; Phosphorus; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; DECISION TREES; SOURCE-MOBILIZATION-DELIVERY-IMPACT; WATERCOURSES;

DECISION THEORY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECISION MAKING; GRAPHICAL METHOD; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; PREDICTION; WATER RESOURCE;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION THEORY; GIS; WATER;

EID: 33748420952     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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