Simultaneous heat and water (SHAW) model: Model use, calibration, and validation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1395-1411

  Flerchinger, G N ^a   Caldwell, T G ^b   Cho, J ^c   Hardegree, S P ^c  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c USDAARS NWRC   (United States)

Author keywords

AMALGAM; Multi objective parameter optimization; SHAW model; Soil water

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; LOCAL SEARCH; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER SET; PARAMETER SPACES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; SHAW MODEL; SINGLE LAYER; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STEPWISE APPROACH; TRIAL-AND-ERROR CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MERCURY AMALGAMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84867343594     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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