Improvement of snowmelt implementation in the SWAT hydrologic model

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6992-7001

  Yu, Wenjun ^a,b   Nan, Zhuotong ^a   Zhao, Yanbo ^c   Li, Shuo ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FASST; Heihe river basin (HRB); Model integration; Snowmelt runoff; SWAT(Soil and water assessment tool)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84889647867     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201207110977     Document Type: Article

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