Evaluation of the SWAT model in simulating catchment hydrology : case study of the Modder River Basin

Welderufael, W.A.; Tetsoane, S.T.; Woyessa, Y.E.

dc.contributor.advisor	Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.contributor.author	Tetsoane, S.T.
dc.contributor.author	Woyessa, Y.E.
dc.contributor.author	Welderufael, W.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-26T11:17:32Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-26T11:17:32Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.issn	1684498X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11462/313
dc.description	Published Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents the set-up and the performance of the SWAT model in the Modder River Basin. Two techniques widely used, namely quantitative statistics and graphical techniques, in evaluating hydrological models were used to evaluate the performance of SWAT model. Three quantitative statistics used were, Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), present bias (PBIAS), and ratio of the mean square error to the standard deviation of measured data (RSR). The performance of the model was compared with the recommended statistical performance ratings for monthly time step data. The model performed well when compared against monthly model performance ratings during calibration and validation stage.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13, Issue 3: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal;Vol 13, Issue 3
dc.subject	SWAT model	en_US
dc.subject	Modder River Basin	en_US
dc.subject	Hydrological models	en_US
dc.title	Evaluation of the SWAT model in simulating catchment hydrology : case study of the Modder River Basin	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13, Issue 3: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein