SWAT Literature Database for Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Title:Continental scale simulation of the hydrologic balance 
Authors:Arnold, J.G., R. Srinivasan, R.S. Muttiah and P.M. Allen 
Year:1999 
Journal:Journal of the American Water Resources Association 
Volume (Issue):35(5) 
Pages:1037-1052 
Article ID: 
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04192.x 
URL (non-DOI journals): 
Model:SWAT 
Broad Application Category:hydrologic only 
Primary Application Category:Hyrologic Unit Model of the U.S. (HUMUS) application 
Secondary Application Category:hydrologic assessment 
Watershed Description:Continental U.S., which included 2,100 UGSG 8-digit watersheds, 78,863 soil polygons and measured streamfiow from 5,951 gaging stations. 
Calibration Summary:average annual r2 by state - 0.80 
Validation Summary:annual runoff by state/by soils r2 value (20 year period): =0.78/0.66 
General Comments:U.S. map results also shown for average annual runoff & ET by STATSGO polygon, and the difference between observed & simulated runoff 
Language:English 
Keywords:surface water hydrology; modeling/statistics; evapo-transpiration; plant growth; geographic information systems