Optimization of SWAT-Paddy for modeling hydrology and diffuse pollution of large rice paddy fields

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) simplified the hydrological processes in large patches of paddy fields. Based on the original SWAT code, the main equations are modified and validated with the long-term field observations in freezing-thawing watershed. The original SWAT and SWAT with paddy module (SWAT-P) both perform well in the simulation of stream flow at the basin scale (NSE ≥ 0.7). SWAT-P performs better in the soil water...