Articles | Volume 23, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1103-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1103-2019
Technical note
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25 Feb 2019
Technical note |  | 25 Feb 2019

Technical note: Analytical sensitivity analysis and uncertainty estimation of baseflow index calculated by a two-component hydrograph separation method with conductivity as a tracer

Weifei Yang, Changlai Xiao, and Xiujuan Liang

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US Geological Survey's National Water Information System NWIS http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis

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This paper analyzed the sensitivity of the baseflow index to the parameters of the conductivity two-component hydrograph separation method. The results indicated that the baseflow index is more sensitive to the conductivity of baseflow and the separation method may be more suitable for the long time series in a small watershed. After considering the mutual offset of the measurement errors of conductivity and streamflow, the uncertainty in baseflow index was reduced by half.