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M. Van Liedekerke, F. Bouraoui, P. Panagos & A. Nogueira

Abstract

In scientific support to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, the EC-funded EUROHARP project studies the harmonisation of tools to quantify nutrient losses from diffuse sources. Within such a project, effective data management is crucial to its success since all other activities draw from it. On the basis of data requirements for all quantification tools, a data protocol has been defined for the compilation, formatting and interchange of data. Detailed map and attribute data for more than 500 parameters, organised in 22 main themes, are collected from 17 catchments. Attribute data are quality checked and, if compliant with the protocol, inserted into a single database. The database maintains the link between attribute data and corresponding map features, for instance data on land mana

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