Table 2. SWAT input data for historic and future scenarios for the Upper Colorado River Basin.
Description | Reference | Application | Source |
30 meter Digital Elevation Model | Gesch et al., 2002 [80] | Watershed delineation and stream slopes | http://ned.usgs.gov/ |
National Land Cover Database | Homer, 2001 [81] | Land use properties | http://www.mrlc.gov/ |
State Soil Geographic Database (STATSGO) | Wolock, 1997 [82] | Soil properties | http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/ |
1/8 degree resolution daily climate data | Maurer et al., 2002 [47] | Precipitation, maximum and minimum temperature, wind speed input data | http://www.engr.scu.edu/~emaurer/data.shtml |
Unimpaired observed streamflow data | USBR, 2005 [45]; Slack et al., 1993 [46] | SWAT model calibration | http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/NaturalFlow/ |
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri934076/1st_page.html |