Title
Regional parameter estimation of the SWAT model: Methodology and application to river basins in the Peruvian pacific drainage
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
This study presents a methodology for the regional parameters estimation of the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model, with the objective of estimating daily flow series in the Pacific drainage under the context of limited hydrological data availability. This methodology has been designed to obtain the model parameters from a limited number of basins (14) to finally regionalize them to basins without hydrological data based on physical-climatic characteristics. In addition, the bootstrapping method was selected to estimate the uncertainty associated with the parameters set selection in the regionalization process. In general, the regionalized parameters reduce the initial underestimation which is reflected in a better quantification of daily flows, and improve the low flows performance. Furthermore, the results show that the SWAT model correctly represents the water balance and seasonality of the hydrological cycle main components. However, the model does not correctly quantify the high flows rates during wet periods. These findings provide supporting information for studies of water balance and water management on the Peruvian Pacific drainage. The approach and methods developed can be replicated in any other region of Peru.
Start page
1
End page
25
Volume
12
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096351025
Source
Water (Switzerland)
ISSN of the container
20734441
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research was funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by South South North (SSN) and Libélula Institute of Global Change under the direction of the Environment Ministry of Peru (Ministerio del Ambiente—MINAM).
This research was funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by South South North (SSN) and Lib?lula Institute of Global Change under the direction of the Environment Ministry of Peru (Ministerio del Ambiente?MINAM).
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