Articles | Volume 24, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1159-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1159-2020
Research article
 | 
11 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2020

Recession analysis revisited: impacts of climate on parameter estimation

Elizabeth R. Jachens, David E. Rupp, Clément Roques, and John S. Selker

Related authors

Recession discharge from compartmentalized bedrock hillslopes
Clément Roques, David E. Rupp, Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy, Laurent Longuevergne, Elizabeth R. Jachens, Gordon Grant, Luc Aquilina, and John S. Selker
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4391–4405, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4391-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4391-2022, 2022
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Catchment hydrology | Techniques and Approaches: Theory development
Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values
Matthias Sprenger, Rosemary W. H. Carroll, David Marchetti, Carleton Bern, Harsh Beria, Wendy Brown, Alexander Newman, Curtis Beutler, and Kenneth H. Williams
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 1711–1723, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1711-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1711-2024, 2024
Short summary
Elasticity curves describe streamflow sensitivity to precipitation across the entire flow distribution
Bailey J. Anderson, Manuela I. Brunner, Louise J. Slater, and Simon J. Dadson
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 1567–1583, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1567-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1567-2024, 2024
Short summary
Bimodal Hydrographs in Semi-humid Forested Watershed: Characteristics and Occurrence Conditions
Zhen Cui, Fuqiang Tian, Zilong Zhao, Zitong Xu, Yongjie Duan, Jie Wen, and Mohd Yawar Ali Khan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-36,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-36, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for HESS
Short summary
Seasonal and interannual dissolved organic carbon transport process dynamics in a subarctic headwater catchment revealed by high-resolution measurements
Danny Croghan, Pertti Ala-Aho, Jeffrey Welker, Kaisa-Riikka Mustonen, Kieran Khamis, David M. Hannah, Jussi Vuorenmaa, Bjørn Kløve, and Hannu Marttila
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 1055–1070, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1055-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1055-2024, 2024
Short summary
Technical Note: The Divide and Measure Nonconformity
Daniel Klotz, Martin Gauch, Frederik Kratzert, Grey Nearing, and Jakob Zscheischler
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-59,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-59, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for HESS
Short summary

Cited articles

Bart, R. and Hope, A.: Inter-seasonal variability in baseflow recession rates: The role of aquifer antecedent storage in central California watersheds, J. Hydrol., 519, 205–213, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.020, 2014. 
Basso, S., Schirmer, M., and Botter, G.: On the emergence of heavy-tailed streamflow distributions, Adv. Water Resour., 82, 98–105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.04.013, 2015. 
Begueria, S., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Lopez-Moreno, J. I., and Garcia-Ruiz, J. M.: Annual and seasonal mapping of peak intensity, magnitude and duration of extreme precipitation events across a climatic gradient, northeast Spain, Int. J. Climatol., 29, 1759–1779, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1808, 2009. 
Berghuijs, W. R., Sivapalan, M., Woods, R. A., and Savenije, H. H. G.: Patterns of similarity of seasonal water balances: A window into streamflow variability over a range of time scales, Water Resour. Res., 50, 5638–5661, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015692, 2014. 
Berghuijs, W. R., Hartmann, A., and Woods, R. A.: Streamflow sensitivity to water storage changes across Europe, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 1980–1987, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL067927, 2016. 
Download
Short summary
Recession analysis uses the receding streamflow following precipitation events to estimate watershed-average properties. Two methods for recession analysis use recession events individually or all events collectively. Using synthetic case studies, this paper shows that analyzing recessions collectively produces flawed interpretations. Moving forward, recession analysis using individual recessions should be used to describe the average and variability of watershed behavior.