Nitrate reduction in geologically heterogeneous catchments - A framework for assessing the scale of predictive capability of hydrological models

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 1278-1288

  Refsgaard, Jens Christian ^a   Auken, Esben ^b   Bamberg, Charlotte A ^c   Christensen, Britt S B ^a   Clausen, Thomas ^d   Dalgaard, Esben ^b   Effersø, Flemming ^c   Ernstsen, Vibeke ^a   Gertz, Flemming ^e   Hansen, Anne Lausten ^f   He, Xin ^a   Jacobsen, Brian H ^f   Jensen, Karsten Høgh ^f   Jørgensen, Flemming ^a   Jørgensen, Lisbeth Flindt ^a   Koch, Julian ^f   Nilsson, Bertel ^a   Petersen, Christian ^c   De Schepper, Guillaume ^g   Schamper, Cyril ^b   Sørensen, Kurt I ^b   Therrien, Rene ^g   Thirup, Christian ^h   Viezzoli, Andrea ⁱ   more..

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c City of Aarhus ^*

^d DHI   (Denmark)

^e Knowledge Center for Agriculture   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h ALECTIA A/S   (Denmark)

ⁱ Aarhus Geophysics Aps   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne geophysics; Hydrological modelling; Nitrate; Redox interface; Stochastic geology; TProGS

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; EU-WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; REDOX INTERFACE; TPROGS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORECASTING; GEOPHYSICS; LEACHING; NITRATES; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER CONSERVATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CATCHMENT; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEACHING; NITRATE; PREDICTION; REDUCTION; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HYDROLOGY; MEASUREMENT; NITRATE LEACHING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; NITRATE; REDOX INTERFACE; STOCHASTIC GEOLOGY; TPROGS;

DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECASTING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84889601972     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.042     Document Type: Article

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