| Title: | A distributed non-point source pollution model: Calibration and validation in the Yellow River Basin |
| Authors: | Hao, F.H., X.S. Zhang and Z.F. Yang |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Sciences |
| Volume (Issue): | 16(4) |
| Pages: | 646-650 |
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| URL (non-DOI journals): | http://www.jesc.ac.cn/jesc_en/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=20040425&flag=1 |
| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic and pollutant |
| Primary Application Category: | pollutant cycling/loss and transport |
| Secondary Application Category: | calibration, sensitivity, and/or uncertainty analysis |
| Watershed Description: | 4,623 km^2 Lushi (within Yellow River basin in China) |
| Calibration Summary: | Monthly 1992-97: flow r2/E = .87/.87 sediment r2/E = .72/.72 |
| Validation Summary: | Monthly 1998-2004: flow r2/E = .84/.81 sediment r2/E = .98/.94 |
| General Comments: | A "brute force" calibration approach was used for the SWAT simulation. flow and sediment yields matched corresponding measured values well for most years; worked better for high flow years. The authors state that the study was the first application of a physically-based nonpoint source model in the Yellow River Basin. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Yellow River, SWAT, sediment, flow, non-point source pollution |