Evaluation of a Distributed Hydrological Model for the Guishui River Basin

At present, the application of various hydrological model provides scientific basis for the realization of the water resources management. MIKE SHE model is a classic physically-based watershed-scale model with great advantages in the coupling of surface water and ground water. In the paper, the development history and the present study situation of the distributed hydrological model MIKE SHE and the structural principle of the model is summarized. Furthermore, the ability and applicability of MIKE SHE model was preliminary evaluated for simulating surface runoff in the Guishui river basin in Beijing, China. The impact of different land use practices (the year of 1980 and 2005) on the hydrological response of the selected basin was initially assessed. Overall, the model was able to simulate surface runoff reasonably on annual intervals, representing all the hydrological components adequately.