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An INCA model for pathogens in rivers and catchments: Model structure, sensitivity analysis and application to the River Thames catchment, UK by Whitehead, P.G., Leckie, H., Rankinen, K., Butterfield, D., Futter, M.N., Bussi, G.

“…Pathogens are an ongoing issue for catchment water management and quantifying their transport, loss and potential impacts at key locations, such as water…”
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The INtegrated CAtchment model of phosphorus dynamics (INCA-P): Description and demonstration of new model structure and equations by Jackson-Blake, L.A., Wade, A.J., Futter, M.N., Butterfield, D., Couture, R.-M., Cox, B.A., Crossman, J., Ekholm, P., Halliday, S.J., Jin, L., Lawrence, D.S.L., Lepistö, A., Lin, Y., Rankinen, K., Whitehead, P.G.

“…INCA-P is a dynamic, catchment-scale phosphorus model which has been widely applied during the last decade. Since its original release in 2002, the model…”
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Comparison of impacts of human activities and climate change on water quantity and quality in Finnish agricultural catchments by Rankinen, K., Gao, G., Granlund, K., Grönroos, J., Vesikko, L.

“…Context We studied the influence of human activities and climate change on water quantity and quality. Human activities included methods of agricultural…”
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The INCA-Pathogens model: An application to the Loimijoki River basin in Finland by Rankinen, K., Butterfield, D., Faneca Sànchez, M., Grizzetti, B., Whitehead, P., Pitkänen, T., Uusi-Kämppä, J., Leckie, H.

“…Good hygienic quality of surface waters is essential for drinking water production, irrigation of crops and recreation. Predictions of how and when microbes…”
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Impacts and adaptation options of climate change on ecosystem services in Finland: a model based study by Forsius, M, Anttila, S, Arvola, L, Bergström, I, Hakola, H, Heikkinen, HI, Helenius, J, Hyvärinen, M, Jylhä, K, Karjalainen, J, Keskinen, T, Laine, K, Nikinmaa, E, Peltonen-Sainio, P, Rankinen, K, Reinikainen, M, Setälä, H, Vuorenmaa, J

“…► The vulnerability of key ecosystem services to climate change was studied. ► Climate change had both negative and positive effects on ecosystem services. ►…”
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A simple model for predicting soil temperature in snow-covered and seasonally frozen soil: model description and testing by Rankinen, K., Karvonen, T., Butterfield, D.

“…Microbial processes in soil are moisture, nutrient and temperature dependent and, consequently, accurate calculation of soil temperature is important for…”
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A nitrogen model for European catchments: INCA, new model structure and equations by Wade, A. J., Durand, P., Beaujouan, V., Wessel, W. W., Raat, K. J., Whitehead, P. G., Butterfield, D., Rankinen, K., Lepisto, A.

“…A new version of the Integrated Nitrogen in Catchments model (INCA) was developed and tested using flow and streamwater nitrate concentration data collected…”
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Technical Note: Alternative in-stream denitrification equation for the INCA-N model by Etheridge, J. R, Birgand, F, Burchell II, M. R, Lepistö, A, Rankinen, K, Granlund, K

“…The Integrated Catchment model for Nitrogen (INCA-N) is a semi-distributed, process based model that has been used to model the impacts of land use, climate,…”
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Application of catchment scale sediment delivery model INCA-Sed to four small study catchments in Finland by Rankinen, K., Thouvenot-Korppoo, M., Lazar, A., Lawrence, D.S.L., Butterfield, D., Veijalainen, N., Huttunen, I., Lepistö, A.

“…The novel catchment scale erosion and sediment delivery model INCA-Sed was applied to four small study catchments in Finland. Three of these, the Mustajoki,…”
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Assessment of water protection targets for agricultural nutrient loading in Finland by Granlund, Kirsti, Räike, Antti, Ekholm, Petri, Rankinen, Katri, Rekolainen, Seppo

“…Temporal changes in observed P and N losses were studied in agricultural catchments in order to evaluate the achievement of water protection targets in…”
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Simulated nitrogen leaching, nitrogen mass field balances and their correlation on four farms in south-western Finland during the period 2000-2005 by Rankinen, Katri, Salo, Tapio, Granlund, Kirsti, Rita, Hannu

“…Nitrogen (N) gross balance is one of the indicators designed for following developments in agriculture in the European Union. A nutrient surplus occurs when…”
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Adaptation of the Integrated Nitrogen Model for Catchments (INCA) to seasonally snow-covered catchments by Rankinen, K., Kaste, Ø., Butterfield, D.

“…Testing of the Integrated Nitrogen model for Catchments (INCA) in a wide range of ecosystem types across Europe has shown that the model underestimates N…”
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Hydrological application of the INCA model with varying spatial resolution and nitrogen dynamics in a northern river basin by Rankinen, K., Lepistö, A., Granlund, K.

“…As a first step in applying the Integrated Nitrogen model for CAtchments (INCA) to the Simojoki river basin (3160 km2), this paper focuses on calibration of…”
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Testing the INCA model in a small agricultural catchment in southern Finland by Granlund, K., Rankinen, K., Lepistö, A.

“…Nutrient leaching from agricultural production is still recognised as a major environmental problem in Finland. To estimate agricultural nitrogen loading under…”
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Modelling impacts of climate and deposition changes on nitrogen fluxes in northern catchments of Norway and Finland by Kaste, Ø., Rankinen, K., Lepistö, A.

“…The Integrated Nitrogen model for Catchments (INCA) was applied to three upland catchments in Norway and Finland to assess the possible impacts of climate…”
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Three approaches to estimate inorganic nitrogen loading under varying climatic conditions from a headwater catchment in Finland by Barlund, I, Rankinen, K, Jarvinen, M, Huitu, E, Veijalainen, N, Arvola, L

“…Inorganic nitrogen loading was simulated using two dynamic catchment scale models, Integrated Nutrients in Catchments–Nitrogen (INCA-N) and the Generalized…”
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Modelling of seasonal effects of soil processes on N leaching in northern latitudes by RANKINEN, K, GRANLUND, K, BÄRLUND, I

“…Concentrations of inorganic nitrogen (N) in non-polluted and undisturbed northern rivers are often lower during summer than during the dormant season. The…”
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Abating N in Nordic agriculture - Policy, measures and way forward by Hellsten, Sofie, Dalgaard, Tommy, Rankinen, Katri, Tørseth, Kjetil, Bakken, Lars, Bechmann, Marianne, Kulmala, Airi, Moldan, Filip, Olofsson, Stina, Piil, Kristoffer, Pira, Kajsa, Turtola, Eila

“…During the past twenty years, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway) have introduced a range of measures to reduce losses of nitrogen (N)…”
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The Role of Bacteria in the Nutrient Exchange between Sediment and Water in a Flow-Through System by Kairesalo, T., L. Tuominen, H. Hartikainen, K. Rankinen

“…The contribution of bacteria to phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) release from, or retention in, sediment was studied in a flow-through system. "Live" and…”
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Modelling the response of soil and runoff chemistry to forest harvesting in a low deposition area (Kangasvaara, eastern Finland) by Kämäri, J., Rankinen, K., Finér, L., Piirainen, S., Posch, M.

“…A simple dynamic soil model developed to analyse the effects of atmospheric deposition and nutrient cycling on terrestrial ecosystems, SMART 2, was applied to…”
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