Re: Calibrating Parameter Sets

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Liliana Bettolo

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Jul 10, 2026, 1:19:08 PMJul 10
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Hi Grace! 

I did this as well. In SWAT+ Toolbox at the top there is a little blue icon, I circled in the image attached in red. Add only the snow parameters you would like to freeze then press this icon. You should see the min and max change to a very narrow window. You should be able to add new parameters to calibrate after this. 

Best, 

Liliana 



On Friday, June 19, 2026 at 3:16:13 PM UTC-4 Grace wrote:
I am currently calibrating snow parameters first, and then running the model once more to calibrate hydrologic parameters. 

How do i set snow parameters within toolbox to not change?
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Grace

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Jul 14, 2026, 8:34:58 AM (10 days ago) Jul 14
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Thanks! I eventually did figure this out haha. How did you calibrate on snowpack? I didnt know that was possible. 

Liliana Bettolo

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Jul 16, 2026, 7:50:54 AM (8 days ago) Jul 16
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HI Grace, 

Snow accumulation and melt parameters were calibrated using observed daily snowpack data from the same weather station I pulled observed precipitation and temperature. Observed snow depth (cm) was converted to snow water equivalent (SWE, mm) by multiplying by 0.20, assuming an average snow density of approximately 20% water density (REF). Daily simulated basin-average snowpack (SNOPACK) was extracted from the SWAT+ basin_wb_day.txt output and matched to the observed record by date. The resulting time series of observed SWE and simulated snowpack were calibrated with the SWAT+ Toolbox using Latin hypercube sampling. Snow-related parameters (e.g., snowfall temperature threshold, snowmelt temperature threshold, maximum and minimum melt factors, and snowpack lag factor) were iteratively adjusted until simulated snowpack closely reproduced the observed seasonal accumulation and melt dynamics and achieved the highest daily snowpack NSE. 

I hope this helps! 

Best, 

Liliana 


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