Development and application of a physically based landscape water balance in the SWAT model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 915-925

  White, Eric D ^a   Easton, Zachary M ^a   Fuka, Daniel R ^a   Collick, Amy S ^b   Adgo, Enyew ^b   McCartney, Matthew ^c   Awulachew, Seleshi B ^c   Selassie, Yihenew G ^d   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d Amhara Regional Agricultural Institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Monsoonal climate; New York; Runoff; SWAT model; Variable source area; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; MONSOONAL CLIMATE; NEW YORK; SWAT MODEL; VARIABLE SOURCE AREA; WATER BALANCE;

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE NILE [NILE RIVER]; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; ETHIOPIA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NILE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952060497     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7876     Document Type: Article

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