Assessing N emissions in surface water at the national level: Comparison of country-wide vs. regionalized models

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-162

  Dupas, Rémi ^a   Curie, Florence ^b   Gascuel Odoux, Chantal ^a   Moatar, Florentina ^b   Delmas, Magalie ^c   Parnaudeau, Virginie ^a   Durand, Patrick ^a  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b Parc de Grandmont   (France)

^c Info Sols Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Catchment; Load estimation; Nitrate; Nitrogen surplus; Nutrient retention; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; FEDERAL POLICIES; GOODNESS OF FIT; LOAD ESTIMATION; MEDIAN VALUE; NATIONAL LEVEL; NITROGEN SOURCES; NUTRIENT RETENTION; NUTRIENT TRANSFER; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PARIS BASIN; REGIONAL SCALE; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATERBODIES; WATERSHED LANDS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

CATCHMENT; EMISSION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT TRANSFER MODLING NITROGEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; WATER;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE; SEINE BASIN;

EID: 84869888311     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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