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Articles | Volume 29, issue 20
Articles | Volume 29, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-5477-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-5477-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 29, issue 20
Research article
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21 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 21 Oct 2025

Time shift between precipitation and evaporation has more impact on annual streamflow variability than the elasticity of potential evaporation

Vazken Andréassian, Guilherme Mendoza Guimarães, Alban de Lavenne, and Julien Lerat

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Using 4122 catchments from four continents, we investigate how annual streamflow depends on climate variables (rainfall and potential evaporation) and on the season when precipitation occurs, using an index representing the synchronicity between precipitation and potential evaporation. In all countries and under the main climates represented, synchronicity is, after precipitation, the second most important factor in explaining annual streamflow variations.
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