Articles | Volume 27, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2499-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2499-2023
Technical note
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10 Jul 2023
Technical note |  | 10 Jul 2023

Technical note: Statistical generation of climate-perturbed flow duration curves

Veysel Yildiz, Robert Milton, Solomon Brown, and Charles Rougé

Model code and software

Yildiz/ClimatePerturbed_FDCs: V1.0.2 (v1.0.2) Veysel Yildiz, Robert Milton, Solomon Brown, and Charles Rougé https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7662679

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The proposed approach is based on the parameterisation of flow duration curves (FDCs) to generate hypothetical streamflow futures. (1) We sample a broad range of future climates with modified values of three key streamflow statistics. (2) We generate an FDC for each hydro-climate future. (3) The resulting ensemble is ready to support robustness assessments in a changing climate. Our approach seamlessly represents a large range of futures with increased frequencies of both high and low flows.