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Articles | Volume 29, issue 14
Articles | Volume 29, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-3227-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-3227-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 29, issue 14
Research article
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25 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 25 Jul 2025

Merits and limits of SWAT-GL: application in contrasting glaciated catchments

Timo Schaffhauser, Florentin Hofmeister, Gabriele Chiogna, Fabian Merk, Ye Tuo, Julian Machnitzke, Lucas Alcamo, Jingshui Huang, and Markus Disse

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The glacier-expanded SWAT (Soil Water Assessment Tool) version, SWAT-GL, was tested in four different catchments, highlighting the capabilities of the glacier routine. It was evaluated based on the representation of glacier mass balance, snow cover and glacier hypsometry. The glacier changes over a long timescale could be adequately represented, leading to promising potential future applications in glaciated and high mountain environments and significantly outperforming standard SWAT models.
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