Technical Note: Field experiences using UV/VIS sensors for high-resolution monitoring of nitrate in groundwater

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1589-1598

  Huebsch, M ^a,b   Grimmeisen, F ^a   Zemann, M ^a   Fenton, O ^b   Richards, K G ^b   Jordan, P ^c   Sawarieh, A ^d   Blum, P ^a   Goldscheider, N ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Natural Resource Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NITRATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

DOUBLE WAVELENGTHS; FIELD EXPERIENCE; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; HYDROGEN CARBONATES; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; NITRATE NITROGEN; SPRING DISCHARGES; TECHNICAL NOTES;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HARDWARE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TRADE-OFF; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84926443342     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1589-2015     Document Type: Article

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