Nitrate response of a lowland catchment: On the relation between stream concentration and travel time distribution dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Van Der Velde, Y ^a,b   De Rooij, G H ^c   Rozemeijer, J C ^b,d   Van Geer, F C ^d,e   Broers, H P ^b,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLOW PATH; LOWLAND CATCHMENT; NETHERLANDS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITRATE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE TRACKING; PLANT UPTAKE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; STREAM DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIME VARYING; TRAVEL TIME; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULICS; NITRATES; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; STREAM; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78049232785     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009105     Document Type: Article

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