ESA CCI Soil Moisture Assimilation in SWAT for Improved Hydrological Simulation in Upper Huai River Basin

Table 2

SWAT model parameters being calibrated.

Sensitivity sequence	Parameters	Description
1	CN2	SCS curve number for moisture conditon II
2	surlag	Surface runoff lag coefficient
3	αgw	Baseflow recession constant
4	Kch	Effective hydraulic conductivity
5	esco	Soil evaporation compensation constant
6	aqshthr,q	Threshold depth of water in the shallow aquifer required for the return flow to occur
7	SOL_AWC	Available soil water capacity
8	N	Manning’s n value for the main channel
9	canmx	Maximum amount of water that can be trapped in the canopy when that canopy is fully developed
10	epco	Plant uptake compensation factor
11	βrev	Revap coefficient
12	δgw	Delay time for aquifer recharge