| Title: | Discussion of “Using the SWAT Model in Intensively Managed Irrigated Watersheds: Model Modification and Application” by Xiaolu Wei, Ryan T. Bailey, and Ali Tasdighi |
| Authors: | Bond, J., E. Défranoux and Z. Makkeb |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Journal: | Journal of Hydraulic Engineering |
| Volume (Issue): | 25(6) |
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| Article ID: | 07020006 |
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| URL (non-DOI journals): | https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HE.1943-5584.0001930 |
| Model: | SWAT (modified) |
| Broad Application Category: | comment, correction, discussion, erratum, letter or response |
| Primary Application Category: | model and/or data interface |
| Secondary Application Category: | irrigation impacts or irrigation BMP scenarios |
| Watershed Description: | Arkansas River, located in Colorado, U.S. |
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| General Comments: | The original study that the authors are commenting on is also in the database; the citation is: Wei, X. and R.T. Bailey. 2019. Assessment of system responses in intensively irrigated stream–aquifer systems using SWAT-MODFLOW. Water. 11(8): 1576. Doi: 10.3390/w11081576. |
| Abstract: | The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT–1998) is an effective
software used to predict the influence of human land management
on water, sediments, and nutrients in a watershed. However, it provides poor results in heavily managed basins with intensive irrigation. The authors of the original article present a modified model of
SWAT to be applied to these highly irrigated watersheds. This
modified method provides a more complete analysis of the semiarid
Arkansas (Colorado) watershed. An evaluation presents the prediction capabilities of the method’s hydrological processes. |
| Language: | English |
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