Characterizing storm-event nitrate fluxes in a fifth order suburbanizing watershed using in situ sensors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7756-7765

  Carey, Richard O ^a   Wollheim, Wilfred M ^a   Mulukutla, Gopal K ^a   Mineau, Madeleine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; SENSORS; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC SYSTEM; COMPLEX PATTERN; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS SOURCES; IN-SITU SENSORS; NITRATE FLUXES; RECEIVING WATERS; TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS;

STORMS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BASEFLOW; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; LAND USE; RIVER; SENSOR; WATERSHED;

CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NITRATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; URBANIZATION; WATER;

EID: 84904430793     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500252j     Document Type: Article

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