Critical review of SWAT applications in the upper Nile basin countries

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3371-3381

  Van Griensven, A ^a,b   Ndomba, P ^c   Yalew, S ^a   Kilonzo, F ^a,b,d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MODELS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CRITICAL REVIEW; CROP YIELD; DISTRIBUTED PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION MODELLING; ETHIOPIA; GIS DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MASS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; JOURNAL PAPER; LAKE VICTORIA; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PARAMETER VALUES; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PROBLEM DESCRIPTION; RESEARCH TEAMS; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SIMILAR CASE; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT MODEL; TROPICAL HIGHLANDS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

MODELS;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION RATE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MASS BALANCE; RIVER BASIN; TROPICAL REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPLAND REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; YIELD;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; ETHIOPIA; LAKE VICTORIA; NILE BASIN;

EID: 84869464525     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3371-2012     Document Type: Review

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