Mapping nitrate leaching to upper groundwater in the sandy regions of The Netherlands, using conceptual knowledge

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Boumans, Leo ^a   Fraters, Dico ^a   Drecht, Gerard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Field survey; GIS; Monitoring; Nitrate Directive; Regression analysis; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEACHING; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FIELD SURVEY; GROUNDWATER CHEMICAL; NETHERLANDS; NITRATE LEACHING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN UNION; FIELD METHOD; GIS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MAPPING; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE; NETHERLANDS; NITRATE LEACHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NETHERLANDS; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BOS;

EID: 38349050603     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9756-5     Document Type: Article

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