Leveraging a time-series event separation method  to disentangle time-varying hydrologic controls on  streamflow – application to wildfire-affected catchments

Canham, Haley A.; Lane, Belize; Phillips, Colin B.; Murphy, Brendan P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-27-2025

Articles | Volume 29, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-27-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-27-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 29, issue 1

Research article

|

03 Jan 2025

Research article |

| 03 Jan 2025

Leveraging a time-series event separation method to disentangle time-varying hydrologic controls on streamflow – application to wildfire-affected catchments

Haley A. Canham, Belize Lane, Colin B. Phillips, and Brendan P. Murphy

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-27-2025-supplement

Model code and software

Rainfall-Runoff Event Detection and Identification (RREDI) toolkit Haley A. Canham and Belize A. Lane https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/797fe26dfefb4d658b8f8bc898b320de/

Short summary

The influence of watershed disturbances has proved challenging to disentangle from natural streamflow variability. This study evaluates the influence of time-varying hydrologic controls on rainfall–runoff in undisturbed and wildfire-disturbed watersheds using a novel time-series event separation method. Across watersheds, water year type and season influenced rainfall–runoff patterns. Accounting for these controls enabled clearer isolation of wildfire effects.