title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Fermi, Ispra, VA, Italy. faycal.bouraoui@jrc.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouraoui
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grizzetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adelsköld
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Behrendt
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authors.lastname: de Miguel
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authors.lastname: Silgram
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gómez
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authors.lastname: Granlund
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authors.lastname: Hoffmann
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authors.lastname: Kronvang
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authors.lastname: Kvaernø
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authors.lastname: Lázár
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Mimikou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Passarella
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Panagos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reisser
authors.forename: B
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authors.lastname: Schwarzl
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siderius
authors.forename: A S
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authors.lastname: Sileika
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authors.lastname: Smit
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authors.lastname: Sugrue
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authors.lastname: Vanliedekerke
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mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D045483:Rivers; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical