DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15227584
title: Modelled nutrient emissions, loads, and concentrations in river basins of the German North Sea and Baltic Sea around 1880

description: The MoRE model was applied to the years around 1880 to quantify the historical emissions, loads, and concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus for river basins discharging into the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The historical water balance was derived with the model LARSIM-ME and integrated into MoRE. The model results complement the historical model results underlying the existing German nitrogen targets at the limnic-marine border and the good ecological status of coastal and marine waters.

The dataset file contains the geometry of the 3048 modelling units within the basins of the North Sea and Baltic Sea (excluding the Szczecin Lagoon and the upper Danube river basin) and a long, tab-delimited data table with model output and selected input data (47 variables)

Column names



AU_ID: ID of the modelling unit

Country: Country code of AU_ID

State: Name of German federal state of AU_ID, or N/A outside Germany

Region: Region name of the AU_ID (in German)

Basin: Name of the river basin of the AU_ID

Sea: Name of the sea basin of the AU_ID (North Sea, Baltic Sea)

Direktabfluss: is the AU_ID discharging directly to the sea? (yes, no)

Variable: Variable name MoRE model

Name: German full name of variable

English name: English full name of variable

Gruppe: German group description of variable

Group: English group description of variable

Pollutant: Abbreviated pollutant/nutrient (N = nitrogen, P = phosphorus), or N/A if unrelated (e.g. discharge)

Unit: Unit of variable

value: Value of variable


List of variables with English (full) namesAD_E_N    Emission, atmospheric depositionAD_E_P    Emission, atmospheric depositionBI_A    Area, totalBI_A_FRT    Area, fruit and orchardBI_A_GLC    Area, glaciarBI_A_NAT    Area, naturally coveredBI_A_O    Area, openBI_A_OPM    Area, open pit mineBI_A_PST    Area, pastureBI_A_URB    Area, urbanBI_A_WL    Area, wetlandBI_A_WN    Area, wine yardBI_A_WS    Area, surface waterBI_INH    Inhabitants, totalER_E_N    Emission, erosionER_E_P    Emission, erosionGWIF_E_N    Emission, groundwater and interflowGWIF_E_P    Emission, groundwater and interflowGWIF_Q    Discharge, groundwater and interflowGW_E_N    Emission, groundwaterGW_E_P    Emission, groundwaterGW_Q    Discharge, groundwaterIF_E_N    Emission, interflowIF_E_P    Emission, interflowIF_Q    Discharge, interflowIM_A_AL    Area, arable landIM_A_AL_nofrtwn Area, arable land (without fruit and wine)IM_A_FNE    Area, cumulated along graphIM_INH_con    Inhabitants, connected to sewer systemsIM_Q_WS    Discharge, rainfall on surface watersRM_IM_Q_mod_FNE Discharge, cumulated along graphRM_RL_Lcalc_N    Load, cumulated along graphRM_RL_Lcalc_P    Load, cumulated along graphSR_E_N    Emission, surface runoffSR_E_P    Emission, surface runoffSR_Q    Discharge, surface runoffSW_CONC_avrg_N    ConcentrationSW_CONC_avrg_P    ConcentrationTD_E_N    Emission, tile drainageTD_E_P    Emission, tile drainageTD_Q    Discharge, tile drainageTOT_E_N    Emission, totalTOT_E_P    Emission, totalUS_E_N    Emission, urban systemUS_E_P    Emission, urban systemUS_Q    Discharge, urban systemWB_Q_tot    Discharge, total (from water balance)