Effects of storm flow samplings on the evaluation of inorganic nitrogen and sulfate budgets in a small forested watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-640

  Chiwa, Masaaki ^a   Ide, Jun'ichiro ^a,b   Maruno, Ryoko ^a   Higashi, Naoko ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Budgets; Net retention or export; Nitrogen; Ochozu experimental watershed; Storm flow sampling; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; DISCRETE INTERVALS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; OCHOZU EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED; STEMFLOW; STORM FLOW; STREAM WATER; THROUGHFALL; WESTERN JAPAN;

BUDGET CONTROL; HYDRAULICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; STORMS; SULFUR; WATERSHEDS;

SAMPLING;

DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NITROGEN; RETENTION; STEMFLOW; STREAMWATER; SULFUR; THROUGHFALL; WATERSHED;

JAPAN;

EID: 77949606082     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7557     Document Type: Article

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