A continental-scale hydrology and water quality model for Europe: Calibration and uncertainty of a high-resolution large-scale SWAT model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 524, Issue , 2015, Pages 733-752

  Abbaspour, K C ^a   Rouholahnejad, E ^a   Vaghefi, S ^a   Srinivasan, R ^b   Yang, H ^a,c   Klove B ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blue water; Nitrate load; Runoff ratio; SUFI 2; SWAT CUP; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BLUE WATER; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE UNIT; INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE LOADS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SUFI-2; SWAT-CUP;

WATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REGIONAL PATTERN; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84929142366     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.027     Document Type: Article

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