Neural networks modelling of nitrogen export: Model development and application to unmonitored boreal forest watersheds

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-510

  Li, X ^a   Nour, M H ^b   Smith, D W ^a   Prepas, E E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Modelling; Nitrogen; Remote sensing; Watershed similarity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; NITROGEN; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BOREAL FOREST WATERSHED; CLIMATE DATA; HIGH COSTS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELLING; MODELLING TOOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS MODELLING; NITROGEN EXPORT; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; PEATLAND; PUBLIC DOMAINS; RAINFALL INDEX; REASONABLE ACCURACY; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SIMILARITY INDICES; STREAM DISCHARGE; STREAMS DRAINING;

LANDFORMS;

NITROGEN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BOREAL FOREST; DATA SET; FORESTRY MODELING; INDEX METHOD; NITROGEN; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ACCURACY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; TAIGA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WILLOW;

EID: 77951166228     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903527880     Document Type: Article

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