Integrated assessment of nitrogen losses from agriculture in EU-27 using MITERRA-EUROPE

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 402-417

  Velthof, G L ^a   Oudendag, D ^a   Witzke, H P ^b,d   Asman, W A H ^c,e   Klimont, Z ^c,e   Oenema, O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Eurocare Bonn ^*  (Germany)

^c International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; DINITROGEN; EMISSION ABATEMENTS; EUROPEAN AGRICULTURES; EUROPEAN UNIONS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS; MEMBER STATE; N FERTILIZATIONS; NITROGEN LOSS; NITROUS OXIDES; REGIONAL LEVELS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; PREDICTION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 63449110369     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0108     Document Type: Article

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