Quantification of the stability of river flow regimes
作者:
IRINA KRASOVSKAIA,
期刊:
Hydrological Sciences Journal
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 40,
issue 5
页码: 587-598
ISSN:0262-6667
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/02626669509491446
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
An important characteristic of a river flow regime type is the time of year when high and low flows are likely to occur. How likely is it, however, to observe an identified seasonal pattern each individual year? Stability is an often neglected property of a flow regime, though shifts in the seasonal behaviour of flows affect both environmental and economic activities. An approach to characterize objectively the stability of a flow regime type, based on the concept of entropy, is presented. The stabilities of river flow maxima and minima are studied separately to investigate their respective contributions to the stability character of a particular regime type. A quantitative “instability index” permits a study of the development of a flow regime's stability in time, especially important in the context of a possible climate change. The method is presented using the example of a quantitative flow regime classification developed for Scandinavia and western Europe.
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