SWAT-simulated hydrological impact of land-use change in the Zanjanrood Basin, Northwest Iran

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 892-903

  Ghaffari, Golaleh ^a   Keesstra, Saskia ^b   Ghodousi, Jamal ^c   Ahmadi, Hassan ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

AVSWAT; Hydrological responses; Land use change; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

BARE GROUNDS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; LAND-USE CHANGE; MAIN COMPONENT; MODEL CALIBRATION; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; SEQUENTIAL UNCERTAINTY FITTINGS; SHRUBLANDS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SUBBASINS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; THRESHOLD EFFECT; URBAN AREAS; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RAIN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

IRAN; ZANJAN; ZANJANROOD BASIN;

EID: 77951659723     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7530     Document Type: Article

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