Continuous measurement of nitrate concentration in a highly event-responsive agricultural catchment in south-west of France: Is the gain of information useful?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1751-1763

  Ferrant, S ^a,b   Laplanche, C ^a,b   Durbe, G ^a,b   Probst, A ^a,b   Dugast, P ^c   Durand, P ^d,e   Sanchez Perez, J M ^a,b   Probst, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

^c GPN   (France)

^d Inra   (France)

^e AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural nitrate; Nitrate flushing; Storm chasing protocol

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; HIGH SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; STORM CHASING; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

FLOODS; NITRATES; SENSORS; WATER QUALITY;

SIGNAL SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; FLOOD; FLUSHING; HYDROLOGY; INTERPOLATION; NITRATE; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84878646431     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9324     Document Type: Article

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