Application of a SWAT model for estimating runoff and sediment in two mountainous basins in central Iran

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 977-988

  Rostamian, Rokhsare ^a   Jaleh, Aazam ^a   Afyuni, Majid ^a   Mousavi, Seyed Farhad ^a   Heidarpour, Manouchehr ^a   Jalalian, Ahmad ^a   Abbaspour, Karim C ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Iran; Runoff; Sediment; SUFI 2; SWAT CUP; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDROMETRIC STATIONS; IRAN; MODEL CALIBRATIONS; P FACTORS; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTIES; SEQUENTIAL UNCERTAINTY FITTINGS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SUFI-2; SWAT MODELS; SWAT-CUP;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROMETRY; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 54349128453     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.5.977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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