ArcSWAT
1. ArcSWAT Project Setup
1.1. New SWAT Project
➢ Save current document?
✓ No (Do not save ArcMap)
Yes (Save ArcMap)
➢ Project Setup
• Project Directory
Input directory to save ArcMap file.
• Click “OK”
2. Watershed Delineator
2.1. Automatic Watershed Delineation
➢ DEM Setup
Open file
Load from Disk
Input DEM file
Tick “Burn In”
Input “Stung_Sen_River.shp”
➢ Stream Definition
Calculating flow direction and accumulation
Input value Area “10, 000 – 20, 000”
Create Streams and Outlets
➢ Out and Inlet Definition
Add layer “Outlet”
Add point
Left Click to add point
Add point intersect with “Outlet”
Right Click to stop Editing
➢ Watershed Outlets Selection and parameters
Select a point (Outlet)
Delineating watershed
➢ Calculation of subbasin in Parameters
Reduced report output
Skip stream geometry check
Skip longest flow path calculation
Calculate subbasin parameters
Exit
3. HRU Analysis
Replace “SWAT2012.mdb” in SWAT_Test by “SWAT2012.mdb” in Sen Data.
3.1. Land Use/Soils/Slope Definition
➢ Land Use Data
• Land Use Grid
Open file
Load Land Use dataset from Disk
Input “Landuse_Data”
• Choose Grid Field
Select “Value”
Click “OK”
Lookup Table
User Table
Input “luc_new.dbf”
Click “Reclassify”
➢ Soil Data
• Soils Grid
Open file
Load Soils dataset from Disk
Input “soil”
• Choose Grid Field
Select “Value”
Click “OK”
Tick “UserSoil”
Lookup Table
Input “soilc.dbf”
Click “Reclassify”
➢ Slope
• Slope Discretization
Tick “Multiple Slope”
• Slope Class
Select “5 classes”
Current Slope Class Class Upper Limit (%)
1 2
2 5
3 10
4 15
SWAT Slope Classification Table
Class > Lower Limit <= Upper Limit
1 0 2
2 2 5
3 5 10
4 10 15
5 10 9999
Click “Reclassify”
Create HRU Feature Class
Create Overlay Report
Click “Overlay”
3.2. HRU Definition
Land use percentage (%) over subbasin area: 10%
Soil class percentage (%) over land use area: 10%
Slope class percentage (%) over soil area: 10%
Write HRU Report
Click “Create HRUs”
4. Write Input Tables
4.1. Weather Stations
➢ Weather Generator Data
Select “WGEN_user”
Click “OK”
➢ Rainfall Data
Tick “Raingages”
Input “Rain.txt”
➢ Temperature Data
Tick “Climate Stations”
Input “temp.txt”
➢ Relative Humidity Data
Tick “Relative Humidity Gages”
Input “humi.txt”
➢ Solar Radiation Data
Tick “Solar Gages”
Input “solar.txt”
➢ Wind Speed Data
Tick “Wind Gages”
Input “wind.txt”
Click “OK”
4.2. Write SWAT Input Table
Click “Select All”
Click “Create Tables”
5. SWAT Simulation
5.1. Run SWAT
Tick “64-bit, release”
Click “Setup SWAT Run”
Click “Run SWAT”
