Application of the SWAT Model for a Tile-Drained Lowland Catchment in North-Eastern Germany on Subbasin Scale

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 791-805

  Koch, Stefan ^a   Bauwe, Andreas ^a   Lennartz, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial drainage; Hydrological modeling; Stream flow constitution; Subcatchment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW;

HIGH GROUNDWATER TABLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NORTH-EASTERN GERMANY; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SUB-CATCHMENT; VALIDATION PERIODS;

DRAINAGE;

CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TILE DRAIN; WATER TABLE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84872961955     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0215-x     Document Type: Article

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