A watershed-scale model for depressional wetland-rich landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Wetlands are often dominant features in low relief, depressional landscapes and provide an array of hydrologically driven ecosystem services. However, contemporary models do not adequately represent the role of spatially distributed wetlands in watershed-scale water storage and flows. Such tools are critical to better understand wetland hydrological, biogeochemical, and biological functions and predict management and policy outcomes at varying spatial scales. To develop a new approach for simulating depressional landscapes, we modified the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to incorporate improved representations of depressional wetland structure and hydrological processes. Specifically, we refined the model to incorporate: (1) water storage capacity and surface flowpaths of indiv

SUBMITTER: Evenson GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707518 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature