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Assessment Of Optional Sediment Transport Functions Via The Complex Watershed Simulation Model Swat, Ruoyu Wang Jan 2017

Assessment Of Optional Sediment Transport Functions Via The Complex Watershed Simulation Model Swat, Ruoyu Wang

Ruoyu Wang

The Soil andWater Assessment Tool 2012 (SWAT2012) offers four sediment routing methods
as optional alternatives to the default simplified Bagnold method. Previous studies compared only
one of these alternative sediment routing methods with the default method. The proposed study
evaluated the impacts of all four alternative sediment transport methods on sediment predictions:
the modified Bagnold equation, the Kodoatie equation, the Molinas and Wu equation, and the
Yang equation. The Arroyo Colorado Watershed, Texas, USA, was first calibrated for daily flow.
The sediment parameters were then calibrated to monthly sediment loads, using each of the four
sediment routing equations. An automatic …


Combined And Synergistic Effects Of Climate Change And Urbanization On Water Quality In The Wolf Bay Watershed, Southern Alabama, Ruoyu Wang Jan 2017

Combined And Synergistic Effects Of Climate Change And Urbanization On Water Quality In The Wolf Bay Watershed, Southern Alabama, Ruoyu Wang

Ruoyu Wang

This study investigated potential changes in flow, total suspended solid (TSS) and nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorous) loadings under future climate change, land use/cover (LULC) change and combined change scenarios in the Wolf Bay watershed, southern Alabama, USA. Four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three Special Report Emission Scenarios (SRES) of greenhouse gas were used to assess the future climate change (2016–2040). Three projected LULC maps (2030) were employed to reflect different extents of urbanization in future. The individual, combined and synergistic impacts of LULC and climate change on water quantity/quality were analyzed by the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). …