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Quantifying new water fractions and transit time distributions using ensemble hydrograph separation: theory and benchmark tests
Dept. of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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How long does it take for raindrops to become streamflow? Here I propose a new approach to this old problem. I show how we can use time series of isotope data to measure the average fraction of same-day rainfall appearing in streamflow, even if this fraction varies greatly from rainstorm to rainstorm. I show that we can quantify how this fraction changes from small rainstorms to big ones, and from high flows to low flows, and how it changes with the lag time between rainfall and streamflow.
How long does it take for raindrops to become streamflow? Here I propose a new approach to this...