Baseflow residence time

Baseflow residence time

Baseflow residence time (often mean baseflow residence time) is a parameter useful in describing the mixing of waters from the infiltration of precipitation and pre-event groundwater in a watershed. It describes the average amount of time that water within the transient water supply resides in a watershed. Many methods of determining baseflow residence time have been developed, mostly involving mathematical models using a convolution integral approach with isotopic or chemical data as the input.[1] Other methods that do not require such extensive and expensive data collection include Brutsaert and Nieber[2], which uses aquifer parameters as inputs, and Vitvar et al.[1], which uses the stream flow hydrograph to determine baseflow recession parameters.

References

  1. ^ a b Vitvar et al., 2002. Estimation of baseflow residence times in watersheds from the runoff hydrograph recession: method and application in the Neversink watershed, Catskill Mountains, New York. Hydrol. Processes 16 1871-1877 [1]
  2. ^ Brutsaert and Nieber, 1977. Regionalized Drought Flow Hydrographs from a Mature Glaciated Plateau. Water Resources Research. Vol. 13, No. 11

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