Title: | Regional scale hydrologic modeling of a karst-dominant geomorphology: The case study of the Island of Crete |
Authors: | Malagò, A., D. Efstathiou, F. Bouraoui, N.P. Nikolaidis, M. Franchini, G. Bidoglio and M. Kritsotakis |
Year: | 2016 |
Journal: | Journal of Hydrology |
Volume (Issue): | 540 |
Pages: | 64–81 |
Article ID: | |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.061 |
URL (non-DOI journals): | |
Model: | KSWAT |
Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
Primary Application Category: | karst effects |
Secondary Application Category: | hydrologic assessment |
Watershed Description: | 8,336 km^2 Island of Crete, located in southern Greece. |
Calibration Summary: | Semi-automatic calibration of monthly streamflow in 15 gauging stations using SUFI-2 (SWAT-CUP program).
Regionalization of calibrated parameters in ungauged subbasins.
Manual calibration of 47 springs with daily values (one a month using a karst-flow model. |
Validation Summary: | Validation of the model checking the performance in 7 streamflow gauging stations not involved in the calibration. |
General Comments: | The KSWAT model is the integration of the SWAT model (adapted to reproduce karst features) and a karst-flow model.
With this calibrated model we studied the water balance of the Island of Crete in different hydrological conditions providing insightful information of water resources for a their sustinaible management. |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | SWAT; Karst; Mediterranean; Water balance; Multi-site calibration; Crete |