Semidistributed Hydrological Model with Scarce Information: Application to a Large South American Binational Basin
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 19, Issue 5
Abstract
In this paper the process to implement the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in Catamayo-Chira binational basin () in the border area between Ecuador and Peru (South America) is detailed. The basin under study has a low density of meteorological and hydrological stations as well as a notable variation in its biophysical characteristics, which further highlights the lack of information. The SWAT model requires a great amount of parameters for its implementation. Its performance was studied, even though the writers had scarce information. The SWAT model made a relatively satisfactory reproduction of the historical record of flows, i.e., Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency coefficient of 0.73, with certain limitations in calculation of sediment production. Two land-use scenarios were analyzed, observing that an increase of natural forest and shrub areas could significantly reduce sediment production.
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Acknowledgments
The writers place on record their gratitude to the Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología, e Inovacion for funding the research reported in this paper through the scholarship program SENESCYT 2007.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 19 • Issue 5 • May 2014
Pages: 1006 - 1014
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Received: Jun 27, 2012
Accepted: May 29, 2013
Published online: Jun 1, 2013
Discussion open until: Nov 1, 2013
Published in print: May 1, 2014
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