Award details

Scale and uncertainty in modelling phosphorus transfer from agricultural grasslands to watercourses: Development of a catchment scale management tool

Reference	MAF12247
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Keith Beven
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Mr Andrew Fraser, Dr Timothy Harrod, Professor Philip Matthew Haygarth
Institution	Lancaster University
Department	Environmental Science
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	237,380
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	31/12/2000
End date	31/08/2004
Duration	44 months

Abstract

This project will develop a new, scale dependent, approach to modelling phosphorus fluxes to surface waters based on the novel fuzzy disaggregation methodology pioneered at Lancaster that takes account of factors affecting the dissolution, physical and incidental (DPI) pathways of P transport. A close collaboration between detailed monitoring and manipulative experiments led by IGER and the modelling group at Lancaster will allow the uncertainty in the model predictions to be assessed and constrained. The methodology will be tested at additional validation sites (Lancaster, ADAS) and will be incorporated into a GIS demonstration package (SSLRC, Lancaster) to allow wider application of the methodology at the scale of individual catchment areas. The project is supported by the Environment Agency.

Summary

unavailable

Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Mathematics & Modelling of Agriculture & Food Sys (MAF) [1999]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

I accept the terms and conditions of use (opens in new window)

export PDF file

back to list new search