Issue 3, 2009

Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective

Abstract

The EC-funded EUROHARP project studies the harmonisation of modelling tools to quantify nutrient losses from diffuse sources. This paper describes a set of study areas used in the project from geographical conditions, to land use and land management, geological and hydro-geological perspectives. The status of data availability throughout Europe in relation to the modelling requirements is presented. The relationships between the catchment characteristics and the nutrient export are investigated, using simple data available for all the catchments. In addition, this study also analyses the hydrological representativity of the time series utilised in the EUROHARP project.

Graphical abstract: Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Dec 2008
Accepted
09 Jan 2009
First published
18 Feb 2009

J. Environ. Monit., 2009,11, 515-525

Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective

F. Bouraoui, B. Grizzetti, G. Adelsköld, H. Behrendt, I. de Miguel, M. Silgram, S. Gómez, K. Granlund, L. Hoffmann, B. Kronvang, S. Kværnø, A. Lázár, M. Mimikou, G. Passarella, P. Panagos, H. Reisser, B. Schwarzl, C. Siderius, A. S. Sileika, A. A. M. F. R. Smit, R. Sugrue, M. VanLiedekerke and J. Zaloudik, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 515 DOI: 10.1039/B822931G

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