Simultaneous calibration of surface flow and baseflow simulations: A revisit of the SWAT model calibration framework

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2313-2320

  Zhang, Xuesong ^a   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^b   Arnold, Jeff ^c   Izaurralde, R Cesar ^a   Bosch, David ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi objective optimization; Physically oriented calibration; SWAT; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; BASEFLOWS; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINANTS TRANSPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; HIGH FLOW; LOW FLOW; MODEL IDENTIFICATION; MODEL SELECTION; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PHYSICALLY ORIENTED CALIBRATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SIMULTANEOUS CALIBRATION; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; STATISTICAL CRITERION; SURFACE FLOW; SWAT; SWAT MODEL; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX; WATER USE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL TESTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASEFLOW; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLOW MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960015608     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8058     Document Type: Article

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