Investigating hydrological drivers of nitrate export dynamics in two agricultural catchments in Germany using high-frequency data series

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 381-393

  Schwientek, Marc ^a   Osenbrück, Karsten ^a   Fleischer, Matthias ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment; High frequency monitoring; Hydrology; Nitrate export; Online probe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; PROBES; RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; HIGH-FREQUENCY MONITORING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION;

RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BASEFLOW; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERNET; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBE; TIME SERIES; URBANIZATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84876907389     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2322-2     Document Type: Article

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