Predicting river water quality across North West England using catchment characteristics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Rothwell, J J ^a,b   Dise, N B ^a   Taylor, K G ^a   Allott, T E H ^b   Scholefield, P ^c   Davies, H ^c   Neal, C ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base cations; GIS; Modelling; Nutrients; PH; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BASE CATIONS; BASE FLOW INDEX; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; DATA SETS; DIFFUSE SOURCES; DISTAL POINTS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; GIS; LAND COVER; LINEAR APPROACH; LINEAR MODEL; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MODELLING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ORTHOPHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; POINT SOURCES; RIVER WATER QUALITY; RURAL CATCHMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; CATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PH; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; TERRAIN; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649495199     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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