A GIS-based technique for linking landscape characteristics to non-point source nitrogen export potential: Implications for contributing areas management

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 863-882

  Mitsova, Diana ^a   Wang, Xinhao ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Kruskal Wallis nonparametric test; N decay coefficients; Nitrate Leaching Index; Non linear regression; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

GIS; LANDSCAPE; LEACHING; NITRATE; NONLINEARITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PIXEL; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 77956498001     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.490052     Document Type: Article

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