Chapter 8
Low Flows and Droughts
Publication: Statistical Analysis of Hydrologic Variables: Methods and Applications
Abstract
This chapter reviews a feature of the hydrologic cycle that deals with opposite ends of the spectrum, i.e., the occurrence of periods of low flows as well as drought. It describes concepts and definitions associated with both low flow and drought phenomena and presents some tools for analyzing them. This chapter introduces elementary concepts and procedures for frequency analysis of low flows using empirical methods and further describes frequency analysis using traditional univariate distribution functions including the case of intermittent low flow data. It describes the analysis of autocorrelated low flows, based on low order discrete and continuous stochastic models, and discusses the characterization of multiyear droughts based on analytical approximations. This chapter concludes with a section including concepts and references related to the effect of climate variability on low flows and droughts.
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