Assessing the spatial and temporal variations of water quality in lowland areas, Northern Germany

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 438-439, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-147

  Lam, Q D ^a   Schmalz, B ^a   Fohrer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Best management practice; Lowland; Modeling; Nutrient; Pollution; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ARABLE LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CATCHMENT AREA; DIFFERENT SCALE; DIFFUSE SOURCES; ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FLOOD PLAINS; GERMANY; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE UNITS; LATERAL FLOW; LOWLAND; LOWLAND CATCHMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NITRATE LOADS; NITROGEN LOADING; PARAMETER SET; PEAT SOILS; POINT SOURCES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED MODELING; STUDY AREAS; SUB-CATCHMENT; SUBBASINS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERN; TIME STEP; WATERBODIES; WATERSHED SCALE;

GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

AGROCHEMICAL; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

GERMANY;

EID: 84860370022     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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