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 |