Effects of Finer Scale Soil Survey and Land-Use Classification on SWAT Hydrological Modelling Accuracy in Data-Poor Study Areas

The limited availability of high-quality spatial data often limits the development of hydrological modelling in developing countries. Hydrological models with data at different scales may generate large uncertainties in modelling outputs. This study analysed the accuracy of four SWAT built models th...

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Autores: Escamilla-Rivera, Verenice, Cortina-Villar, Sergio, Vaca, Raúl A., Golicher, Duncan, Arellano-Monterrosas, José, Honey-Rosés, Jordi|||0000-0003-0097-1811
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:301927
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/301927
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.4236/jwarp.2022.142007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Map Scale
SWAT Model
Soil Survey
Land Use/Land Cover
Mexico
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Sumario:The limited availability of high-quality spatial data often limits the development of hydrological modelling in developing countries. Hydrological models with data at different scales may generate large uncertainties in modelling outputs. This study analysed the accuracy of four SWAT built models that combine soil and land use/land cover (LULC) data at the scale of 1:250,000 and 1:100,000 in a basin of Mexico. SWAT model allowed determining that large-scale maps produced better results than data from small-scale. Sensitivity analysis with different soil data was less than LULC data. However, the small-scale can be used for exploratory purposes when testing SWAT performance.