Free access to functioning SWAT application of the three river basins

The BONUS RETURN project has released three baseline SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model applications for the Vantaanjoki (Finland), Fyrisån (Sweden), and Słupia (Poland) river basins. These models, which have undergone calibration and validation, are hosted in the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) open data repository to allow researchers and practitioners to utilize existing parameterizations or develop new scenarios for these and similar target areas.

• The BONUS RETURN project developed three baseline SWAT applications for specific case study catchments: Vantaanjoki in Finland, Fyrisån in Sweden, and Slupia in Poland.
• The SWAT model applications are designed to help other modelers by providing ready-made parameterizations for areas similar to the case studies, reducing the laborious process of building a model from scratch.
• The three model applications have been compressed into zip-files and made available through the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) open data repository.
• The Vantaanjoki catchment in Finland covers 1,688 km2 and utilized data from sources including the National Land Survey of Finland (MML), the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), and the Finnish Geological Survey (GTK).
• The Fyrisån catchment in Sweden covers 2,005 km2 and incorporated data from Lantmäteriet, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), and the Swedish Board of Agriculture (SBoA).
• The Słupia catchment in Poland covers 1,621 km2 and used data from the Centre for Geodetic and Cartographic Data (CODGIK), the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW), and the Regional Water Management Authority (RZGW).

APA

Koskiaho, J., Piniewski, M., & Tattari, S. (2020). Free access to functioning SWAT application of the three river basins. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/swat-application-of-the-three-river-basins-1.pdf

Chicago

Koskiaho, Jari, Mikolaj Piniewski, and Sirkka Tattari. Free access to functioning SWAT application of the three river basins. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2020. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/swat-application-of-the-three-river-basins-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{koskiaho2020free, author = {Koskiaho, Jari and Piniewski, Mikolaj and Tattari, Sirkka}, title = {{Free access to functioning SWAT application of the three river basins}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/swat-application-of-the-three-river-basins-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }