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Assessing recovery from acidification of European surface waters in the year 2010: Evaluation of projections made with the MAGIC model in 1995

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    SYSNO ASEP0435520
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleAssessing recovery from acidification of European surface waters in the year 2010: Evaluation of projections made with the MAGIC model in 1995
    Author(s) Helliwell, R. C. (GB)
    Wright, R. F. (NO)
    Jackson-Blake, L.A. (GB)
    Ferrier, R. C. (GB)
    Aherne, J. (CA)
    Cosby, B. J. (US)
    Evans, C. D. (GB)
    Forsius, M. (FI)
    Hruška, J. (CZ)
    Jenkins, A. (GB)
    Krám, P. (CZ)
    Kopáček, Jiří (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Majer, V. (CZ)
    Moldan, F. (SE)
    Posch, M. (NL)
    Potts, J. M. (GB)
    Rogora, M. (IT)
    Schöpp, W. (AT)
    Source TitleEnvironmental Science & Technology. - : American Chemical Society - ISSN 0013-936X
    Roč. 48, č. 22 (2014), s. 13280-13288
    Number of pages9 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordsatmospheric acidification ; sulphur ; nitrogen ; Tatra Mountains
    Subject RIVDJ - Water Pollution ; Quality
    Institutional supportBC-A - RVO:60077344
    UT WOS000345262900032
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/es502533c
    AnnotationIn 1999 we used the MAGIC (Model of Acidification of Groundwater In Catchments) model to project acidification of acid sensitive European surface waters in the year 2010, given implementation of the Gothenburg Protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). A total of 202 sites in 10 regions in Europe were studied. These forecasts can now be compared with measurements for the year 2010, to give a “ground truth” evaluation of the model. The prerequisite for this test is that the actual sulpur and nitrogen deposition decreased from 1995 to 2010 by the same amount as that used to drive the model forecasts; this was largely the case for sulphur, but less so for nitrogen, and the simulated surface water nitrate concentrations reflected this difference. For most of the sites, predicted surface water recovery from acidification for the year 2010 is very close to the actual recovery observed from measured data, as recovery is predominantly driven by reductions in sulfur deposition. Overall these results show that MAGIC successfully predicts future water chemistry given known changes in acid deposition.
    WorkplaceBiology Centre (since 2006)
    ContactDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Year of Publishing2015
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