Variable Specific Discharge and Its Influence on Mass Export of Carbon, Sulphur, Calcium and Magnesium in a Boreal Forest Catchment

• Main Author: Gärtner, Isabell
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2016
• Subjects: Hydrochemistry; hydrology; specific discharge; boreal catchment; Hydrokemi; hydrologi; avrinning; avrinningsområde i barrskog; Oceanography; Hydrology and Water Resources; Oceanografi; hydrologi och vattenresurser; Fallet; Kol’; Norra Sverige
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-302765

Considerable research efforts are made in order to understand the global carbon cycle and how it will affect future climate change and vice versa. To be able to calculate the export of carbon from a certain area, discharge is one of the most important variables together with stream concentrations. M...