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Nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the sea (2005-2012) - (v. mar.2019)

Collection: WPI : Water Pressure Indicators 

Description

Spatial dataset consisting of annual nutrient loads and source apportionments for 2005-2012 estimated at the outlets of freshwater river basins with model GREEN (Grizzetti et al., 2012; March 2019 version). Sources of nutrients comprise agriculture (mineral and organic fertilization), nitrogen atmospheric deposition, phosphorus releases from natural areas, scattered dwellings, and point sources (domestic and industrial discharges). Nutrients are reduced by attenuation processes in land and freshwater reaches. The river basin hydrological data model is based on Catchment Characterisation and Modelling

(Vogt et al., 2007; https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/fe1878e8-7541-4c66-8453-afdae7469221)

Contact

Email
EU-HUB-WATER-AGRICULTURE (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

  • Bruna Grizzetti
  • Olga Vigiak
  • Angel Udias Moinelo
  • Alberto Aloe
  • Michela Zanni
  • Faycal Bouraoui
  • Alberto Pistocchi
    0000-0002-3696-873X
  • Chiara Dorati
  • Rene Friedland
  • Ad De Roo
  • Carlos Benitez Sanz
  • Adrian Leip
  • Maria Bielza

How to cite

Grizzetti, Bruna; Vigiak, Olga; Udias Moinelo, Angel; Aloe, Alberto; Zanni, Michela; Bouraoui, Faycal; Pistocchi, Alberto; Dorati, Chiara; Friedland, Rene; De Roo, Ad; Benitez Sanz, Carlos; Leip, Adrian; Bielza, Maria (2020): Nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the sea (2005-2012) - (v. mar.2019). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/40a7c964-d62d-4a68-810e-efe026558d4f

Keywords

agriculture environmental policy water nitrogen phosphorus waste

Data access

Nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the sea (2005-2012) - (v. mar.2019) - Gis dashboard
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  • Dashboard application providing informative support for nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the sea (2005-2012) - (v. mar .2019). The application is composed of: 1. Two stacked maps (nitrogen and phosphorus) providing scale dependent drill down / roll up of average nutrient loads (2005-2012) for sea sub region basin aggregations (continental scale) and river basin/outlets (national and regional scale). Upon mouse clicking on the map it is possible to access specific polygon attributes (time series 2005-2012) while, upon mouse selection (by pre-activating selection tool on upper left corner of map) it is possible to dynamically filter the two column charts. Note that selection on each map triggers filtering on both charts. 2. Two column charts (nitrogen, phosphorus) displaying geographic aggregation of time series loads (2005-2012) at European level or, upon polygon selection on the maps, aggregation of selected regions. Marine aggregation of river basins is based on Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) regions and sub regions as distributed by European Environment Agency (EEA). On the left side of the application, an on demand panel provides a basic explanation about dashboard usage.

Nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the sea (2005-2012) - (v.mar.2019) - File geodatabase
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  • File geodatabase distribution containing the following classes: 1. Main table class greenBasinLoad_vrsMar2019 containing load/source apportionment data 2. Feature class SEAOUTLETS containing a subset of CCM 2.1 river basin geometries to be linked to previous table class via primary/foreign key WSO_ID. Refer to item specific geodatabase metadata (also available in pdf format inside download package)

Publications

Publication
How EU policies could reduce nutrient pollution in European inland and coastal waters
Grizzetti, B., Vigiak, O., Udias, A., Aloe, A., Zanni, M., Bouraoui, F., Pistocchi, A., Dorati, C., Friedland, R., De Roo, A., Benitez Sanz, C., Leip, A., Bielza, M., 2021. How EU policies could reduce nutrient pollution in European inland and coastal waters. Global Environmental Change 69, 10228
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102281

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML 
<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">  <gml:outerBoundaryIs>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:coordinates>-11,71.2 51,71.2 51,32.6 -11,32.6 -11,71.2</gml:coordinates>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon>
GML 
<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">  <gml:exterior>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:posList>-11 71.2 51 71.2 51 32.6 -11 32.6 -11 71.2</gml:posList>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon>
WKT 
POLYGON ((-11 71.2, 51 71.2, 51 32.6, -11 32.6, -11 71.2))

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2005-01-01 2012-12-31

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2020-10-12
Modified date
2022-12-09
Issued date
2020-10-12
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Environment
Update frequency
irregular
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/40a7c964-d62d-4a68-810e-efe026558d4f
Popularity
30 Sep 2024: 1 visits