Impact of model development, calibration and validation decisions on hydrological simulations in West Lake Erie Basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 5307-5320

  Daggupati, Prasad ^a   Yen, Haw ^b,c   White, Michael J ^c   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey G ^c   Keitzer, Conor S ^d   Sowa, Scott P ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intra watershed processes; NHD plus model; Spatial and temporal scale parameter transfer; Spatial calibration; SWAT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL CALIBRATION; SWAT; TEMPORAL SCALE; WATERSHED PROCESS; WATERSHED SIMULATION MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CALIBRATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 84954398377     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10536     Document Type: Article

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