TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Finer Scale Soil Survey and Land-Use Classification on SWAT Hydrological Modelling Accuracy in Data-Poor Study Areas
AU - Escamilla-Rivera, Verenice
AU - Cortina-Villar, Sergio
AU - Vaca, Raúl A.
AU - Golicher, Duncan
AU - Arellano-Monterrosas, José
AU - Honey-Rosés, Jordi
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - Map Scale
KW - SWAT Model
KW - Soil Survey
KW - Land Use/Land Cover
KW - Mexico
U2 - 10.4236/jwarp.2022.142007
DO - 10.4236/jwarp.2022.142007
M3 - Article
SN - 1945-3094
VL - 14
SP - 100
EP - 125
JO - Journal of Water Resource and Protection
JF - Journal of Water Resource and Protection
IS - 02
ER -
