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INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL CONFERENCE SWAT JANUARY 10 - 12 CHENNAI, INDIA 2018 Book of Abstracts The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a public domain model jointly developed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Texas A&M AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System. SWAT is a small watershed to river basin-scale model to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change. SWAT is widely used in assessing soil erosion prevention and control, non-point source pollution control and regional management in watersheds. swat.tamu.edu | facebook.com/swatmodel | twitter.com/swat_model Contents Wednesday 11:00 – 12:30 A1 Special Session 13:30 – 15:00 B1 Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty B2 Large Scale Applications B3 Hydrologic Modelling & Remote Sensing Applications B4 Climate Change Applications 15:30 – 17:00 C1 Model Development C2 Climate Change Applications C3 Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty C4 Hydrology Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 D1 Special Session 11:00 – 12:30 E1 Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon E2 Hydrologic Modelling & Remote Sensing Applications E3 Hydrology E4 Climate Change Applications 13:30 – 15:00 F1 Poster Friday 9:00 – 10:30 G1 Environmental Applications G2 Climate Change Applications G3 Hydrologic Modelling & Remote Sensing Applications 11:00 – 12:30 H1 Climate Change Applications H2 Hydrology H3 Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty H4 SWAT Development and Application in India 13:30 – 15:00 I1 Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty I2 Climate Change Applications 2018 SWAT Conference 1 Chennai, India Foreword The organizers of the 2018 International SWAT Conference want to express their thanks to the organizations and individuals involved and their preparation and dedication to coordinate a successful conference. We would also like to thank the Scientific Committee for their support in preparing the conference agenda and allowing for scientists and researchers around the globe to participate and exchange their scientific knowledge at this conference. A special thank you to the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras along with Balaji Narasimhan, K.P. Sudheer, and the rest of the local organizing committee in Chennai for their countless hours and efforts to host the SWAT Community. On behalf of the SWAT Community, we extend our sincere gratitude to you and your university for the kind invitation and welcoming hospitality. The following Book of Abstracts contains abstracts for presentations covering a variety of topics including but not limited to large scale applications; climate change applications; model development; database and GIS application and development; environmental applications; hydrology; best management practices (BMPs); sensitivity, calibration and uncertainty; SWAT remote sensing applications; sediment, nutrients, and carbon; the EPIC/APEX modeling system; and more. The Conference Organizers hope you enjoy the conference and continue to view these SWAT gatherings as a positive opportunity for our international research community to share the latest innovations developed for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. Organizing Committee • Balaji Narasimhan, IIT Madras • K.P.Sudheer, IIT Madras • R. Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, USA • Jeff Arnold, USDA-ARS, USA • Jaclyn Tech, Texas A&M University, USA • K. Srinivasan, IIT Madras • B.S.Murty, IIT Madras • Ligy Philip, IIT Madras • Indumathi Nambi, IIT Madras • Shiva Nagendra, IIT Madras • Sachin Gunthe, IIT Madras • Soumendra Nath Kuiry, IIT Madras • Venu Chandra, IIT Madras • Mathava Kumar, IIT Madras • B.V. Mudgal, Anna University, India • N.K. Ambujam, Anna University, India 2018 SWAT Conference 2 Chennai, India Scientific Committee A.K. Gosain — Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi K.V. Jayakumar — National Institute of Technology, Warrangal Ann van Griensven — UNESCO-IHE Kapil Dev Sharma — Former Member, Planning Antonio Lo Porto — IRSA-CNR Commission, Govt. of India Atsushi Sakaguchi — National Institute for Agro- Kapil Gupta — Indian Institute of Technology- Environmental Sciences Bombay B. S. Murty — Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Karim Abbaspour — EAWAG B. V. Mudgal — Anna University Katrin Bieger — Texas A&M AgriLife Research Balaji Narasimhan — Indian Institute of Technology- Ligy Philip — Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Madras M. Sekhar — Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore C. Allan Jones — Texas A&M AgriLife Research Martin Volk — Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Claire Baffaut — USDA-ARS Research - UFZ D. Nagesh Kumar — Indian Institute of Science, Mike White — USDA-ARS Bangalore — Warsaw University of Life Dhrubajyoti Sen — Indian Institute of Technology- Sciences Kharagpur Mikołaj Piniewski N.H.Ravindranath — Indian Institute of Science, Hendrik Rathjens — Stone Environmental Bangalore Indrajeet Chaubey — Purdue University N.K.Ambujam — Anna University Indumathi Nambi — Indian Institute of Technology- N.S.Raghuvanshi — Indian Institute of Technology- Madras Kharagpur Jaehak Jeong — Texas A&M AgriLife Research N.Sajikumar — Govt. Engineering College, Trissur — Warsaw University of Life Nicola Fohrer — Christian-Albrechts-University Sciences Jarosław Chormański Paul Wagner — Christian-Albrechts-University Javier Osorio — Texas A&M AgriLife Research P.Rajendra Prasad — Andhra University Jeff Arnold — USDA-ARS Pedro Chambel Leitão — IST-MARETEC José María Bodoque Del Pozo — UCLM Philip Gassman — Iowa State University José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez — CNRS-ECOLAB Pierluigi Cau — CRS4 K. P. Sudheer — Indian Institute of Technology- Madras Prasad Daggupati — Univeristy of Guelph K. Srinivasa Raju — BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Prasad Daggupati — Univeristy of Guelph K. Srinivasan — Indian Institute of Technology- Pushpa Tuppad — JSS Science and Technology Madras University K. Venkata Reddy — National Institute of Raghavan Srinivasan — Texas A&M University Technology, Warrangal Rakesh Khosa — Indian Institute of Technology- K.P.Sudheer — Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi Madras S. Mathava Kumar — Indian Institute of Technology- Madras 2018 SWAT Conference 3 Chennai, India S.K.Jain — National Water Development Authority Sabine Sauvage — CNRS-ECOLAB Sachin Gunthe — Indian Institute of Technology- Madras Sandhya Rao — INRM Consultants Santosh G. Thampi — National Institute of Technology, Calicut Soumendra Nath Kuiry — Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Subashisa Dutta — Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati Sumit Sen — Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee T.I.Eldho — Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay T.Sashidhar — Indian Institute of Technology- Hyderabad Tasuku Kato — Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology V. Geethalakshmi — Tamil Nadu Agricultural University V.V.Rao — National Remote Sensing Center V.V.Srinivas — Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Valentina Krysanova — PIK Venkatesh Merwade — Purdue University Venu Chandra — Indian Institute of Technology- Madras Vimal Mishra — Indian Institute of Technology- Gandhinagar Xuesong Zhang — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Yiannis Panagopoulos — Iowa State University Yihun Dile — Texas A&M University 2018 SWAT Conference 4 Chennai, India Inaugural Session: Keynote Address Hydrologic Modelling in India: Current Status and Way Forward Sharad K Jain1 1. Director, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, [email protected] Abstract Most hydrologic systems are extremely complex and it is quite difficult to understand them in all the requisite details. Main objectives of catchment modelling are to gain a better understanding of the hydrologic processes operating in a catchment, examine how changes in the catchment and hydromet inputs may affect these processes, generate synthetic sequences of hydrologic data for project design, and forecast future hydrologic inputs for management of hydro-infrastructure. Different hydrological models provide diverse perspectives of the catchment system and are simplified representations of the reality as visualized by the modeller. A wide range of hydrological models are being used in India, ranging from simple regression models to physically-based distributed models and purposes of application range from simple rainfall-runoff modelling to study of impact of climate change. With wider availability of hardware and software, applications of the models is growing rapidly but the use of models for addressing real-life problems leaves much scope for improvement. Considering the current water related problems of the India, and indeed of many other countries, the main issues that need to be addressed include water resources assessment in gauged and ungauged basins, integrated water resources management, water quality management, flood and drought management, and impact of landuse-land- cover and climate change on catchment response. This requires better quality and coverage of data and trained manpower to rightly apply the models. Serious efforts are to be made to take the models from the academia into the fields. Innovative ideas and comprehensive models are needed to make use of ever increasing information. Further, model calibration and operational implementation are complex tasks and pool of well-trained scientific manpower is needed to complete them. The present talk will discuss some of these ideas in the backdrop of emerging hydrological problems and sub- optimal use of hydrological models to address these with particular reference to India. 2018 SWAT