The value of remotely sensed surface soil moisture for model calibration using SWAT

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 2764-2780

  Kundu, Dipangkar ^a   Vervoort, R Willem ^a   van Ogtrop, Floris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

calibration; PSO; remote sensing; soil moisture; SWAT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOILS;

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL CALIBRATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RESPONSE; REMOTELY SENSED SURFACE SOIL MOISTURES; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SWAT; TRANSFORMED VARIABLES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 85020089109     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11219     Document Type: Article

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