SWAT+ Introductory Workshop
This workshop will train users for basic Soil and Water Assessment Tool Plus (SWAT+) setup. The workshop is designed to be approximately 60% hands-on. The list of topics below is a general guide for what is covered in the workshop. It is assumed that attendees have some knowledge of QGIS. Only very limited knowledge is required: loading vector and raster maps, panning, zooming, selecting features. We will not have time to review these basic concepts of GIS usage prior to covering the SWAT+ interface.
The following topics will be covered:
• Welcome/introductions
• Model overview (theory)
• Model applications (theory)
• Introduction to the QSWAT+ interface (GIS)
• Watershed delineation
• Landuse and soil overlay
• HRU delineation
• Weather and remaining inputs to develop the SWAT+ model using the SWAT+ Editor
• Review of summary outputs
• Using the SWAT+ Check program to identify possible problems
• Finishing the SWAT simulation and saving results
• Visualization and interpretation of SWAT+ outputs
• Addressing user requests and clarifying anything covered on the first two days.
The workshop will be held between 19-21/11/2024 within the framework of the program specified below.
Day 1 (19/11/2024; 09:00-12:00)
Theory and conceptual SWAT+ model. Hands-on QSWAT+ watershed delineation using example datasets comes with QSWAT+.
Day 2 (20/11/2024; 09:00-12:00)
Continue hands-on QSWAT+ land use, soils, and slope overlay - HRU preparation and model run.
Day 3 (21/11/2024; 09:00-12:00)
SWAT+ Editor session using the QSWAT+ project developed and model execution, reading the results, saving projects. Visualization, running scenarios, and Q&A session.
To follow along with the workshop, please install the latest version of SWAT+ before the start of the workshop.
You can get help installing SWAT+ from here.