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Jun-feng Dai, Jia-zhou Chen, Guo-an Lü, Larry C. Brown, Lei Gan, Qin-xue Xu  . 2017: Application of SWAT99.2 to sensitivity analysis of water balance components in unique plots in a hilly region. Water Science and Engineering, 10(3): 209-216. doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2017.09.002
Citation: Jun-feng Dai, Jia-zhou Chen, Guo-an Lü, Larry C. Brown, Lei Gan, Qin-xue Xu  . 2017: Application of SWAT99.2 to sensitivity analysis of water balance components in unique plots in a hilly region. Water Science and Engineering, 10(3): 209-216. doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2017.09.002
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Application of SWAT99.2 to sensitivity analysis of water balance components in unique plots in a hilly region

doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2017.09.002

  • a College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China

  • b College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China

  • c Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics by MLR & Guangxi of PRC, IRCK by UNESCO, Guilin 541004, China

  • d Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA

Funds:  This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 51569007 and 41301289), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province, China (Grant No. 2015GXNSFCA139004), the Fund of the IRCK by UNESCO (Grant No. KDL201601), and the Project of High Level Innovation Team and Outstanding Scholar in Guangxi Colleges and Universities (Grant No. 002401013001).
  • Received Date: 2016-07-10
  • Rev Recd Date: 2017-04-11
    Abstract
  • Although many sensitivity analyses using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) in a complex watershed have been conducted, little attention has been paid to the application potential of the model in unique plots. In addition, sensitivity analysis of percolation and evapotranspiration with SWAT has seldom been undertaken. In this study, SWAT99.2 was calibrated to simulate water balance components for unique plots in Southern China from 2000 to 2001, which included surface runoff, percolation, and evapotranspiration. Twenty-one parameters classified into four categories, including meteorological conditions, topographical characteristics, soil properties, and vegetation attributes, were used for sensitivity analysis through one-at-a-time (OAT) sampling to identify the factor that contributed most to the variance in water balance components. The results were shown to be different for different plots, with parameter sensitivity indices and ranks varying for different water balance components. Water balance components in the broad-leaved forest and natural grass plots were most sensitive to meteorological conditions, less sensitive to vegetation attributes and soil properties, and least sensitive to topographical characteristics. Compared to those in the natural grass plot, water balance components in the broad-leaved forest plot demonstrated higher sensitivity to the maximum stomatal conductance (GSI) and maximum leaf area index (BLAI).

     

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