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Does non-stationarity induced by multiyear drought invalidate the paired-catchment method?
Yunfan Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Resources Security, Wuhan 430072, China
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Resources Security, Wuhan 430072, China
Lu Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Shujing Qin
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Resources Security, Wuhan 430072, China
College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Resources Security, Wuhan 430072, China
Yanghe Liu
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Resources Security, Wuhan 430072, China
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Short summary
Multiyear drought has been demonstrated to cause non-stationary rainfall–runoff relationship. But whether changes can invalidate the most fundamental method (i.e., paired-catchment method (PCM)) for separating vegetation change impacts is still unknown. Using paired-catchment data with 10-year drought, PCM is shown to still be reliable even in catchments with non-stationarity. A new framework is further proposed to separate impacts of two non-stationary drivers, using paired-catchment data.
Multiyear drought has been demonstrated to cause non-stationary rainfall–runoff relationship....
