Modelling future no3 leaching from an upland headwater catchment in sw norway using the magic model: Ii. Simulation of future nitrate leaching given scenarios of climate change and nitrogen deposition

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 217-233

  Sjøeng, Anne Merete S ^a   Kaste, Øyvind ^a   Wright, Richard F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heathland; Modelling; Nitrogen deposition; Norway; Water

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HEATHLAND; HIGH-NITROGEN; IMMOBILISATION; LEACHING RATES; LITTERFALL; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE; MINERALISATION; MODELLING; N DEPOSITION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NORWAY; PLANT N UPTAKE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOIL PROCESS; STORYLINE; STORYLINES; TIME STEP;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SOILS;

LEACHING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEADWATER; HEATHLAND; LEACHING; NITRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67649824151     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.068     Document Type: Article

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