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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2019.52.11.931

Assessment of the uncertainty in the SWAT parameters based on formal and informal likelihood measure  

Seong, Yeon Jeong (Department of Construction and Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Sang Hyup (Department of Construction and Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Jung, Younghun (Department of Construction and Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.52, no.11, 2019 , pp. 931-940 More about this Journal
Abstract
In hydrologic models, parameters are mainly used to reflect hydrologic elements or to supplement the simplified models. In this process, the proper selection of the parameters in the model can reduce the uncertainty. Accordingly, this study attempted to quantify the uncertainty of SWAT parameters using the General Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE). Uncertainty analysis on SWAT parameters was conducted by using the formal and informal likelihood measures. The Lognormal function and Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) were used for formal and informal likelihood, respectively. Subjective factors are included in the selection of the likelihood function and the threshold, but the behavioral models were created by selecting top 30% lognormal for formal likelihood and NSE above 0.5 for informal likelihood. Despite the subjectivity in the selection of the likelihood and the threshold, there was a small difference between the formal and informal likelihoods. In addition, among the SWAT parameters, ALPHA_BF which reflects baseflow characteristics is the most sensitive. Based on this study, if the range of SWAT model parameters satisfying a certain threshold for each watershed is classified, it is expected that users will have more practical or academic access to the SWAT model.
Keywords
GLUE; Formal likelihood; Informal likelihood; SWAT; Uncertainty;
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