Research Article

Parameter Estimation in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Using Distributed Versions of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Table 1

Parameters of the daily version of Bilan model [18].

Name Description PC1

Spa Capacity of the soil moisture storage Spa
Alf Parameter of rainfall-runoff equation (direct runoff) Alf
Dgm Temperature/snow melting factor Dgm
Soc Parameter controlling distribution of percolation into interflow and groundwater recharge under summer conditions Soc
Mec Parameter controlling distribution of percolation into interflow and groundwater recharge under snow melt conditions Mec
Grd Parameter controlling outflow from groundwater storage (baseflow) Grd

PC = parameter constraints.