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Model Attributes
Physically based
Distributed model
Continuous time
model (long term
yield model)
Uses readily
available data
Used for long
m
ter
impact
studies
SWAT Strengths
Upland Processes:
Comprehensive Hydrologic
Balance
Channel Processes
Flexible Watershed
Configuration
Water Transfer
Physically-Based Inputs
Irrigation
Sediment
Direct surface runoff, Lateral flow (subsurface runoff) from soil profile, GW
flow from shallow aquifer
Model Components
Weather
Surface runoff
Return flow
Percolation
Evapo-transpiration
Transmission losses
Crop Growth
Advantages
physically based
requires generally available information
as input
computationally efficient
capable of being used on
ungauged watersheds
enables users to study long-term
impacts.
HRU creation
HRU created
HRU report
Model Operation
Routing Structure
SUBBASIN
ROUTE
ROUTRES
TRANSFER
ADD
ROUTSUB
RECALL
SAVE
Weather - Daily
Precipitation
Max - Min Temperature
Solar Radiation
Wind Speed (Penman-Monteith)
Relative Humidity (Penman-Monteith)
Input or Generate
Temperature - Elevation Lapse Rate
Percolation
Surface runoff
ET
Priestly Taylor
Hargreaves
Penman-Monteith
Volume
- Curve no. as function
of soil water
- Green & Ampt - 0.5h
rainfall generator
Peak
- Modified
Rational
- TR - 55
No Stream Interaction
Recharge - Deep percolation from shallow
aquifer
Irrigation withdrawals
Sediment Yield
MUSLE
Onstad-Foster
MUST - Based on sediment concentration
Crop Growth
Management
Impoundment
Channel Routing
Reservoirs
Water Management
Nutrients
Pesticides
Flood Routing
Sediment Routing
Nutrient Routing
Channel Pesticide Routing
ROUTING
Reservoir Outflow
Sediment Routing
Reservoir Nutrients
Reservoir Pesticides
Model Output
Model Validation
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