Nonpoint source transport models from empiricism to coherent theoretical frameworks

Basin-scale transport of reactive solute species is studied through a class of stochastic models, termed mass response functions, which incorporate simplified concepts of chemical, physical or biological nonequilibrium kinetics into the theory of the hydrologic response. Here we examine the developm...

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Published inEcological modelling Vol. 184; no. 1; pp. 19 - 35
Main Authors Rinaldo, Andrea, Bertuzzo, Enrico, Botter, Gianluca
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 25.05.2005
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Hydrologic response
Lagrangian transport models
Nonpoint source pollution
Stochastic models
Lagrangian transport models
Stochastic models
Nonpoint source pollution
Hydrologic response
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Summary:Basin-scale transport of reactive solute species is studied through a class of stochastic models, termed mass response functions, which incorporate simplified concepts of chemical, physical or biological nonequilibrium kinetics into the theory of the hydrologic response. Here we examine the development of the field since its inception dealing with empirical approaches, a subject to which Giuseppe Bendoricchio actively contributed, and conclude that a coherent theoretical framework now exists that allows to address large-scale transport problems for catchment studies where geomorphological and hydrological complexity is not simply ignored.
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ISSN:0304-3800
1872-7026
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.11.012