Modeling the fate of down-the-drain chemicals in whole watersheds: New version of the GREAT-ER software

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Kehrein, Nils ^a   Berlekamp, Jürgen ^a   Klasmeier, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; River basin management; Spatial model; Surface water model

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL MODELING; WATER CONCENTRATION RANGES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RIVER BASIN; SOFTWARE; SURFACE WATER;

GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; RUHR BASIN;

EID: 84910647973     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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