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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3219-2019
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Research article
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08 Aug 2019
Research article |
| 08 Aug 2019
| 08 Aug 2019
Assessment of SWAT spatial and temporal transferability for a high-altitude glacierized catchment
Maria Andrianaki
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Juna Shrestha
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Florian Kobierska
Agroscope, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of
Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece
Stefano M. Bernasconi
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Impacts of hydrometeorological factors on discharge simulation in the North West Himalayas: a SUFI-2 algorithm-driven investigation using the SWAT model T. Naqash et al.
- Heterogeneous impacts of climate change on streamflow in typical watersheds of three mountain systems in Xinjiang, Northwest China C. Zan et al.
- Projected future changes in the cryosphere and hydrology of a mountainous catchment in the upper Heihe River, China Z. Chang et al.
- Climate change impacts on a glacial mountain watershed: CMIP6 projections and SWAT modeling S. Motiee et al.
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- Relating Land Use/Cover and Landscape Pattern to the Water Quality under the Simulation of SWAT in a Reservoir Basin, Southeast China K. Lei et al.
- Improved Model Parameter Transferability Method for Hydrological Simulation with SWAT in Ungauged Mountainous Catchments F. Meng et al.
- Why do we have so many different hydrological models? A review based on the case of Switzerland P. Horton et al.
- Modeling arsenic pollution from cropland soil management in data-scarce areas: a Zhangjiang river basin case study Y. Huang et al.
- Integrating Hydrological Modeling and Geodetector to Reveal the Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Driving Mechanisms of Water Resources in the Kaidu River Basin T. Wang et al.
- Estimation of Freshwater Discharge from the Gulf of Alaska Drainage Basins P. Xin et al.
- Evaluating multi-source precipitation data for streamflow simulation using the SWAT model in the Alpine Manas River Basin, Northwest China L. Tan et al.
- Improvement of the SWAT Model for Snowmelt Runoff Simulation in Seasonal Snowmelt Area Using Remote Sensing Data H. Zhao et al.
- Predicting long-term hydrological change caused by climate shifting in the 21st century in the headwater area of the Yellow River Basin J. Hu et al.
- Runoff prediction under climatic variability using SWAT and machine learning models: a case study of the Hunza River basin M. Kareem et al.
- An investigation into the impact of nine catchment characteristics on the accuracy of two phosphorus load apportionment models J. Stevenson et al.
- Impacts of frozen ground degradation and vegetation greening on upper Brahmaputra runoff during 1981–2019 Y. Wang et al.
- Evaluating the Spatial and Temporal Transferability of Model Parameters of a Distributed Soil Conservation Service–Soil Moisture Antecedent–Simple Lag and Route Model for South Mediterranean Catchments A. Gara et al.
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Short summary
We tested the performance of the SWAT hydrological model after being transferred from a small Alpine watershed to a greater area. We found that the performance of the model for the greater catchment was satisfactory and the climate change simulations gave insights into the impact of climate change on our site. Assessment tests are important in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the models when they are applied under extreme conditions different to the ones that were calibrated.
We tested the performance of the SWAT hydrological model after being transferred from a small...
