Articles | Volume 21, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1991-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1991-2017
Research article
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13 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 13 Apr 2017

Statistical analysis of hydrological response in urbanising catchments based on adaptive sampling using inter-amount times

Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis and Marc Schleiss

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National Water Information System, USGS Surface-Water Historical Instantaneous Data for North Carolina USGS (United States Geological Survey) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nc/nwis

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In this paper we analysed flow measurements from 17 watersheds in a (semi-)urban region, to characterise flow patterns according to basin features. Instead of sampling flows at fixed time intervals, we looked at how fast given amounts of flow were accumulated. By doing so, we could identify patterns of flow regulation in urban streams and quantify flashiness of hydrological response. We were able to show that in this region, higher urbanisation was clearly associated with lower basin flashiness.