Nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the sea (1990-2021) - (v. Apr.2024)

This spatial dataset contains annual estimates of nutrient loads (Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus) and their source apportionments from 1990 to 2021. These estimates were calculated at the outlets of European river basins using the GREEN model (version from April 2024, as described by Grizzetti et al. 2025). The dataset includes the total load and apportionment of the load to different sources, as estimated by the GREEN model. These sources include:
(i) Agricultural sources (mineral and organic fertilization, crop and soil fixation);
(ii) Atmospheric deposition;
(iii) Scattered dwellings;
(iv) Point sources (domestic and industrial discharges).
The nutrient loads to the sea account for the reduction of nutrient sources through attenuation processes that occur in land, river reaches, and lakes.
The river basin hydrological data model is based on the Catchment Characterisation and Modelling approach (Vogt et al. 2007; https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/fe1878e8-7541-4c66-8453-afdae7469221).
Please consider that this dataset supersedes all previous versions (https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/40a7c964-d62d-4a68-810e-efe026558d4f and https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/f3c63d10-ba3f-4ddb-b674-abd6a9dbfd55)