SWAT-CUP

SWAT-CUP is a computer program for calibration of SWAT models. SWAT-CUP is a public domain program, and as such may be used and copied freely. The program links GLUE, ParaSol, SUFI2, and MCMC procedures to SWAT. It enables sensitivity analysis, calibration, validation, and uncertainty analysis of a SWAT model. The overall program structure is as shown in the Figure below.

The current program is version 2 of SWAT-CUP and only supports SWAT2005 and higher. For SWAT2000, the users are asked to contact abbaspour@eawag.ch .

In the new version, SWAT-CUP2, a more powerful SWAT_Edit program is provided where ALL SWAT parameters are handled, including different soil layers and management rotation-operations, precipitation data, etc. The users are also allowed 20 “free” parameters placed at the end of *.gw files to use for their own programs, which may be linked to SWAT. More details can be found in the manual.

Publications

Abbaspour et al. 2007 (Application of SUFI2 to Thur Watershed in Switzerland) (pdf, 465 KB)

Abbaspour et al. 2004 (Application of SUFI2 to two landfills in Switzerland) (pdf, 1.9 MB)

Schuol et al. 2008 (Application of SWAT in Western Africa) (pdf, 4.6 MB)

Yang et al. 2008 (Comparison of five optimization programs) (pdf, 1.6 MB)

Schuol et al. 2008 (Application of SWAT to Continent of Africa) (pdf, 2.1 MB)

Faramarzi et al. 2009 (Application of SWAT in Iran) (pdf, 1.2 MB)

Contact

Karim C. Abbaspour (abbaspour@eawag.ch )

Downloads

- Program manual: Usermanual_Swat_Cup.pdf    (pdf, 2.4 MB)

- Programme Version 2.1.5 (zip, 68.4 MB)   (.... New setup, plus pesticide parameters)