Global Nutrient Export from WaterSheds 2 (NEWS 2): Model development and implementation

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 837-853

  Mayorga, Emilio ^a   Seitzinger, Sybil P ^a   Harrison, John A ^b   Dumont, Egon ^c   Beusen, Arthur H W ^d   Bouwman, A F ^d   Fekete, Balazs M ^e   Kroeze, Carolien ^f,g   Van Drecht, Gerard ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basin models; Coastal inputs; Global NEWS; Global river exports; Millennium ecosystem assessment scenarios; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELS; COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; DATA SETS; DETAILED MODELS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GLOBAL NEWS; GLOBAL RIVER EXPORTS; GLOBAL SCALE; HINDCASTS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MULTI-ELEMENT; NUTRIENT EXPORT; RETENTION PROCESS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SUBBASINS; SUBMODELS; UNIFIED MODEL;

DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 77949567484     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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