Comprehensive hydrologic calibration of SWAT and water balance analysis in mountainous watersheds in northwest China

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 79-82, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-85

  Lu, Zhixiang ^a,b   Zou, Songbing ^a   Xiao, Honglang ^a   Zheng, Chunmiao ^c,d   Yin, Zhenliang ^a   Wang, Weihua ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comprehensive calibration; Parameter transferability; SWAT model; Water balance; Yingluoxia watershed

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; COMPREHENSIVE CALIBRATIONS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PARAMETER TRANSFERABILITY; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT MODEL; WATER BALANCE;

WATER RESOURCES;

CALIBRATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84931009802     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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