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HYDROLOGY RESEARCH
卷 49, 期 3, 页码 846-860出版社
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2017.189
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Himalayan basins; model evaluation; river discharge; SWAT; tropical basins
This study evaluated the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model performance for 11 basins located in two contrasting climatic regions of Asia: the Himalayan and the Southeast Asian tropics. A large variation existed among the case study basins in relation to basin size (330-78,529 km(2)), topography (377-4,310 metres above sea level) and annual rainfall (1,273-2,500 mm). Performance of the model was evaluated using R-2 and wR(2) for a low discharge event; Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), R-2 and RMSE-observation standard deviation ratio (RSR) for high discharge events; and NSE, R-2, PBIAS, RSR, NSErel and wR(2) for the overall hydrographs. SWAT was found to be suitable for both climatic regions but yielded better performance in the Himalayan basins (NSE 0.72-0.81 at calibration) compared to the tropical basins (NSE 0.36-0.72 at calibration). Although most of the models underperformed in either low or high discharge events, a few of those remaining showed a balance between the extremes, proving that it is possible to achieve a balanced hydrograph with the SWAT model. The consistency of model performance across numerous Himalayan and tropical basins in the area confirmed the versatility and reliability of SWAT as a hydrological model and suitable tool for water resources planning and management.
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