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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4447-2022
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Research article
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29 Aug 2022
Research article |
| 29 Aug 2022
| 29 Aug 2022
Representation of seasonal land use dynamics in SWAT+ for improved assessment of blue and green water consumption
School of Material, Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha 447, Tanzania
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije
Universiteit, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Celray James Chawanda
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije
Universiteit, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Hans C. Komakech
School of Material, Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha 447, Tanzania
Albert Nkwasa
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije
Universiteit, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ann van Griensven
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije
Universiteit, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Studies using agro-hydrological models, like the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), to map evapotranspiration (ET) do not account for cropping seasons. A comparison between the default SWAT+ set-up (with static land use representation) and a dynamic SWAT+ model set-up (with seasonal land use representation) is made by spatial mapping of the ET. The results show that ET with seasonal representation is closer to remote sensing estimates, giving better performance than ET with static land use.
Studies using agro-hydrological models, like the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), to map...
