The EC funded EUROHARP project encompasses 22 research institutes from
17 European countries (2002-2005). The overall objective of the EUROHARP
work is to provide end-users with guidance for an appropriate choice of
quantification tools to satisfy existing European requirements on harmonisation
and transparency for quantifying diffuse nutrient losses, e.g. to facilitate the
implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Nitrates Directive.
The project includes both the assessment of the performance of individual
models and the applicability of the same models in catchments throughout
Europe with different data availability and environmental condition. The basis
for the performance and applicability studies is the compilation of a harmonised
GIS/database for all catchment data and the analysis of these data (trends,
watercourse retention)
