Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2395-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2395-2015
Research article
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20 May 2015
Research article |  | 20 May 2015

Using variograms to detect and attribute hydrological change

A. Chiverton, J. Hannaford, I. P. Holman, R. Corstanje, C. Prudhomme, T. M. Hess, and J. P. Bloomfield

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Current hydrological change detection methods are subject to a host of limitations. This paper develops a new method, temporally shifting variograms (TSVs), which characterises variability in the river flow regime using several parameters, changes in which can then be attributed to precipitation characteristics. We demonstrate the use of the method through application to 94 UK catchments, showing that periods of extremes as well as more subtle changes can be detected.