Over-parameterised, uncertain 'mathematical marionettes' - How can we best use catchment water quality models? An example of an 80-year catchment-scale nutrient balance

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 400, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 52-74

  Wade, A J ^a   Jackson, B M ^b   Butterfield, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Chalk; INCA; Lambourn; Land use; LOCAR; Mass balance; Model; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Reference conditions; Scale; Uncertainty; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHALK; INCA; LAMBOURN; LOCAR; MASS BALANCE; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; SCALE; UNCERTAINTY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN;

CATCHMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; MODEL; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAMBOURN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54149119324     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.030     Document Type: Article

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