Modeling potential herbicide loss to surface waters on the Swiss plateau

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 290-302

  Siber, Rosi ^a   Stamm, Christian ^a   Reichert, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Base flow index (BFI); Fast flow index (FFI); Herbicide loss; Regression

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW SEPARATION; HERBICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WEED CONTROL;

BASE FLOW INDEX; FAST FLOW INDEX; FLOW INDICES; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; HERBICIDE LOSS; HERBICIDE TRANSPORT; INPUT FACTORS; MODEL POTENTIAL; REGRESSION;

CATCHMENTS;

HERBICIDE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; HERBICIDE; MODELING; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL QUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREAM (RIVER); SWITZERLAND; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70350199621     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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