Hydrological and water quality modeling in a medium-sized basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 274-286

  Pisinaras, Vassilios ^a   Petalas, Christos ^a   Gikas, Georgios D ^a   Gemitzi, Alexandra ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hydrology; Management scenarios; Nutrients; SWAT model; Verification

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION; CROP MANAGEMENTS; DRAINAGE BASIN; GIS TECHNOLOGY; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE UNITS; LAND-USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MEASURED DATA; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MONITORING SITES; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUBBASINS; SWAT MODEL; SWAT2005; TIME PERIODS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY MODELING;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODELING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 71849100692     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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