Factors influencing export of dissolved inorganic nitrogen by major rivers: A new, seasonal, spatially explicit, global model

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-285

  McCrackin, Michelle L ^a,b   Harrison, John A ^a   Compton, Jana E ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal zone; fertilizer; model; nitrogen; river; water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SOIL TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; GLOBAL MODELING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NUTRIENT EXPORT; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; MODEL TEST; RIVER WATER; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ALGAE;

EID: 84896415313     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004723     Document Type: Article

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