Research Paper Assignment: A Built-In Optimization And Automatic Calibration Tool Of SWAT+

Question

Task: The purpose of this assessment is to write a clear and objective summary of the original text. To write the assignment, you need to select One recent article published in peer reviewed journals relevant to the topic of Project Development and Optimisation. Student need to provide a link to the article summary that will be inserted in their article summary page and a full reference. Guidelines for writing a summary of an article: State the main ideas of the article.

• Identify the most important details that support the main ideas.
• Write in your own words and avoid copying phrases and sentences from the article unless they are direct quotation.
• Express the underlying meaning of the article, not just the superficial details.
• Your summary should be max 500 words.
• provide a link to the article summary that will be inserted in their article summary page and a full reference

Answer

1. Key ideas of the article
The following paper mentions facts and development methodology regarding the advancement of IPEAT+ which is an effective and essential calibration tool collaborated with SWAT+. The IPEAT operation is quite easy and contains only three mandatory input files such as parameter setting file, control file and observation data file. For the common users, IPEAT+ is a much user-friendly tool that provides with automatic calibration function along with SWAT+. If having this tool, there is no need of purchasing or installing any other operating software. IPEAT+ is the first calibration tool that has automated functioning supported by SWAT+. Collaborating these two tools is very simple and could be installed by the common users with minimal struggle. IPEAT+ keeps updating with the latest version of SWAT+. Some minima; source codes are required to avail the functioning. The recent IPEAT+ version does not have the functioning of uncertainty analysis. However, more development of the tool are being conducted already and this will keep going in the future. The uncertainty sources like parameters, structures, measurements and input data will be involved in the tool very soon. In the single SWAT+ model, various explorations could be done and it will be easy for both the common and intricate users to handle the tool and make their works easy(Yen, et al., 2019).

2. Identification of the most important details that support the main ideas
The following research paper aims to find out the hydrologic and nutrient processes in the natural systems. It mentions watershed stimulation models like the Soil and Water Assessment Tool also known as SWAT. It further mentions Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender also known as APEX and HSPF or Hydrological Simulation program Fortran. These tools are being researched since a very long time now. The tools have been intensively developed and incorporated in a lot of scientific projects. SWAT model is the most common one among all the other mentioned models. It is more convenient for the common users to tackle. It has been very popular and efficient model and generated thousands of positive feedbacks from the academic community. The function of the tool SWAT is performing watershed scale simulation for pesticide, nutrient, bacteria and sediment. The SWAT is mostly used for the conservation of sceneries and landscapes. It is also helpful in investigating climate change. Since the development has been performed over a duration of 30 years, a lot of improvements in the tool have been involved. There is an invention of a new generation SWAT, which called SWAT+ containing a new paradigm of coding features. The new generation tool has more flexibility in terms of spatial representation(Yen, et al., 2019).

3. Critical review of the underlying meaning of the article
The current article contains a detailed discussion on Soil and Water Assessment Tool, also known as SWAT and the next generation of the tool which is known as SWAT+. It mentions the different factors of the tools and their use in the agricultural industry. The older version of SWAT is continuous and a process-based model. The older version was used to conduct watershed scale applications and it provided logical and scientific solutions. The next generation version involves some more features and is more effective and the limitations of the older version do not exist in this one. The motif of the development is to provide with a more scientific and accurate calibration tool for the development of the agricultural sector. It mentions the advantages of the IPEAT+ which are, it is an open source program hence, could be accessed and customized by any common user. It is directly linked with SWAT+ and work together. The environmental coding could be performed with the help of this tool without the need of any extra program. This article is very detailed and has minute observations. The points and the discussion are flawless. It logically establishes all the facts regarding the tool and its use and development. Anyone related to this field will be helped from this article. The students of agriculture will also be benefitted with such minute details of the matter(Yen, et al., 2019).

4. Summary
The following article is about the most desired and easy calibration tool SWAT or Soil and Water Assessment Tool. It focuses on the development of the tool and the next generation version of it. The collaboration of SWAT+ and IPEAT+ have resulted in a very positive way to the agricultural industry. It has been over thirty years that the development of the SWAT is being conducted. It is being developed to address and identify the issues regarding different scientific subjects on earth. These tools are being researched since a very long time now. The tools have been intensively developed and incorporated in a lot of scientific projects. SWAT model is the most common one among all the other mentioned models. It is more convenient for the common users to tackle. It has been very popular and efficient model and generated thousands of positive feedbacks from the academic community. The function of the tool SWAT is performing watershed scale simulation for pesticide, nutrient, bacteria and sediment. The SWAT is mostly used for the conservation of sceneries and landscapes. It is also helpful in investigating climate change. Since the development has been performed over a duration of 30 years, a lot of improvements in the tool have been involved. The IPEAT operation is quite easy and contains only three mandatory input files such as parameter setting file, control file and observation data file. For the common users IPEAT+ is a much user-friendly tool that provides with automatic calibration function along with SWAT+. If having this tool, there is no need of purchasing or installing any other operating software. IPEAT+ is the first calibration tool that has automated functioning supported by SWAT+. Collaborating these two tools is very simple and could be installed by the common users with minimal struggle. IPEAT+ keeps updating with the latest version of SWAT+. Some minima; source codes are required to avail the functioning. The recent IPEAT+ version does not have the functioning of uncertainty analysis. However, more development of the tool is being conducted already and this will keep going in the future. The article has covered every minute detail regarding the matter and is very helpful for the individuals seeking information on the subject or related directly to the agricultural firms. The students of agriculture will also be benefitted by the article(Yen, et al., 2019).

5. Bibliography
Yen, H., Seonggyu, P., Arnold, J. G., Srinivasan, R., Chawanda, C. J., Wang, R., . . . Zhang , X. (2019). A Built-In Optimization and Automatic Calibration Tool of SWAT+. MDPI, 1-17.