| Title: | Modeling the impact of agricultural crops on the spatial and seasonal variability of water balance components in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia |
| Authors: | Tigabu, T.B., P.D. Wagner, G. Hörmann and N. Fohrer |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Journal: | Hydrology Research |
| Volume (Issue): | 50(5) |
| Pages: | 1376–1396 |
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| DOI: | 10.2166/nh.2019.170 |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | baseflow, interflow and/or other hydrologic component analysis |
| Secondary Application Category: | evapotranspiration assessment |
| Watershed Description: | Gilgelabay, Gumara, and Ribb Rivers, which are all tributaries of the 15,321 km^2 Lake Tana drainage area (and larger Blue River Nile system) located in northwest Ethiopia (Lake Tana is the largest freshwater lake in Ethiopia and the third largest in the Nile basin). |
| Calibration Summary: | Efficiencies of the models were evaluated based on measured streamflow data.The statistical indices indicate satisfactory/above staisfactory model performances at a daily time and monthly steps, as the values of NSE, R2, and KGE were greater than 0.5 and the PBIAS values were in the range of ±25%. |
| Validation Summary: | Similar to the calibration, the statistical indices (NSE, KGE, R2 > 0.5) and PBIAS ±25% values are above satisfactory. |
| General Comments: | |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | groundwater recharge, Lake Tana, land use land cover, SWAT |