Regional patterns in hydrologic response, a new three-component metric for hydrograph analysis and implications for ecohydrology, Northwest Volcanic Aquifer Study Area, USA

Curtis, Jennifer A.; Burns, Erick R.; Sando, Roy

doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100698

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“…It is worth noting that among the six USGS methods, the HYSEP Minimum method provided the lowest estimate of baseflow almost year-round in all seasons. Similar results were also report in Curtis et al (2020) where the six USGS methods were applied to 312 watersheds in the USA for baseflow separation. They found that the HYSEP Minimum method provided the lowest estimate of baseflow and thereafter suggested HYSEP Minimum as the most robust method for removing snowmelt runoff in baseflow estimates.…”

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“…However, these approaches basically rely on determining the points where baseflow intersects the rising and falling limbs of the surface runoff response, which are essentially arbitrary (Szilagyi and Parlange, 1998). Various digital filtering techniques with large variations in complexities have also been used for hydrograph separation, but they still suffer from the lack of hydrological basis and the disadvantage of arbitrary choice of separation parameters (Chapman, 1999;Furey and Gupta, 2001;Eckhardt, 2005;Piggott et al, 2005;Foks et al, 2019;Shao et al, 2020). The results from these approaches often need to be carefully assessed before they are considered to be hydrologically valid.…”

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“…Despite these limitations, traditional hydrograph separation approaches are still widely used because of the modest data requirements and ease of implementation. Recent improvements in hydrograph separation include new parameterization strategies (Pelletier and Andréassian, 2020) and recognition of multiple baseflow components in the streamflow (Curtis et al, 2020;Stoelzle et al, 2020). Nevertheless, since traditional hydrograph separation methods are based on a number of simplifications and assumptions that limit their applicability, previous studies have widely recognized that more effort is required to evaluate the limitations and their effects, and when possible, the methods should be combined with other methods and data to address these limitations (Hooper and Shoemaker, 1986;Stewart et al, 2007;Rosenberry and LaBaugh, 2008;Miller et al, 2014).…”

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A novel method for cold-region streamflow hydrograph separation using GRACE satellite observations

Wang

Russell

2021

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Streamflow hydrograph analysis has long been used for separating streamflow into baseflow and surface runoff components, providing critical information for studies in hydrology, climate and water resources. Issues with established methods include the lack of physics and arbitrary choice of separation parameters, problems in identifying snowmelt runoff, and limitations on watershed size and hydrogeological conditions. In this study, a Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)-based model was developed to address these weaknesses and improve hydrograph separation. The model is physically based and requires no arbitrary choice of parameters. The new model was compared with six hydrograph separation methods provided with the U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater Toolbox. The results demonstrated improved estimates by the new model particularly in filtering out the bias of snowmelt runoff in baseflow estimate. This new model is specifically suitable for applications over large watersheds which is complementary to the traditional methods that are limited by watershed size. The output from the model also includes estimates for watershed hydraulic conductivity and drainable water storage, which are useful parameters in evaluating aquifer properties, calibrating and validating hydrological and climate models, and assessing regional water resources.

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A novel method for cold-region streamflow hydrograph separation using GRACE satellite observations

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2021

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“…The Northwest Volcanic Aquifer Study Area (NVASA, Curtis et al 2020) project is a US Geological Survey (USGS) effort to understand and quantify regional water resources in the Pacific Northwest. This manuscript analyzes geologic controls on groundwater flow in the SLMSA (Figs.…”

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Effects of structure and volcanic stratigraphy on groundwater and surface water flow: Hat Creek basin, California, USA

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Hydrogeologic systems in the southern Cascade Range in California (USA) develop in volcanic rocks where morphology, stratigraphy, extensional structures, and attendant basin geometry play a central role in groundwater flow paths, groundwater/surface-water interactions, and spring discharge locations. High-volume springs (greater than 3 m3/s) flow from basin-filling (<800 ka) volcanic rocks in the Hat Creek and Fall River tributaries and contribute approximately half of the average annual flow of the Pit River, the largest tributary to Shasta Lake. A hydrogeologic conceptual framework is constructed for the Hat Creek basin combining new geologic mapping, water-well lithologic logs, a database of active faults, LiDAR mapping of faults and volcanic landforms, streamflow measurements and airborne thermal infrared remote sensing of stream temperature. These data are used to integrate the geologic structure and the volcanic and volcaniclastic stratigraphy to create a three-dimensional interpretation of the hydrogeology in the basin. Two large streamflow gains from focused groundwater discharge near Big Spring and north of Sugarloaf Peak result from geologic barriers that restrict lateral groundwater flow and force water into Hat Creek. The inferred groundwater-flow barriers divide the aquifer system into at least three leaky compartments. The two downstream compartments lose streamflow in the upstream reaches (immediately downstream of the groundwater-flow barriers) and gain in downstream reaches with the greatest inflows immediately upstream of the barriers.

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“…Despite these limitations, traditional hydrograph separation approaches are still widely used because of the modest data requirements and ease of implementation. Recent improvement in hydrograph separation includes new parameterisation strategies (Pelletier and Andréassian, 2020) and recognition of multiple baseflow components in the streamflow (Curtis et al, 2020;Stoelzle et al, 2020). Nevertheless, since traditional hydrograph separation methods are based on a number of simplifications and assumptions that limit their applicability, previous studies have widely recognised that more effort is required to evaluate the limitations and their effects, and when possible, the methods should be combined with other methods and data to address these limitations (Hooper and Shoemaker, 1986;Stewart et al, 2007;Rosenberry and LaBaugh, 2008;Miller et al, 2014;).…”

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A novel method for cold region streamflow hydrograph separation using GRACE satellite observations

Wang¹,

Li²,

Russell³

2020

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Abstract. Streamflow hydrograph analysis has long been used for separating streamflow into baseflow and surface-runoff components, providing critical information for studies in hydrology, climate and water resources. Defects known with established methods include the lack of physics and arbitrary choice of separation parameters, problems in identifying snowmelt runoff, and limitations on watershed size and hydrogeological conditions. In this study, a GRACE-based model was developed to address these weaknesses and improve hydrograph separation. The model is physically based and does not require a priori parametrisation. The new model was compared with six hydrograph separation methods provided with the U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater Toolbox. The results demonstrated robust estimate by the new model particularly in filtering out the bias of snowmelt runoff in baseflow estimate. This new model is specifically suitable for applications over large watersheds which is complementary to the traditional methods that are limited by watershed size. The output from the model also includes estimates for watershed hydraulic conductivity and drainable water storage, which are useful parameters in evaluating aquifer properties, calibrating and validating hydrological and climate models, and assessing regional water resources.

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Regional patterns in hydrologic response, a new three-component metric for hydrograph analysis and implications for ecohydrology, Northwest Volcanic Aquifer Study Area, USA

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

A novel method for cold-region streamflow hydrograph separation using GRACE satellite observations

A novel method for cold-region streamflow hydrograph separation using GRACE satellite observations

Effects of structure and volcanic stratigraphy on groundwater and surface water flow: Hat Creek basin, California, USA

A novel method for cold region streamflow hydrograph separation using GRACE satellite observations

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