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flashiness: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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flashiness1 CONSTRUCTFlashinessBAKER · FLOW VOLATILITY

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Hydrology

How abruptly a stream rises and falls

Flashiness describes how quickly and sharply a stream's discharge rises and falls in response to rainfall: a flashy stream spikes and drops abruptly, while a stable one changes gradually. Baker, Richards, Loftus, and Kramer's 2004 A new flashiness index: Characteristics and applications to midwestern rivers and streams introduced the Richards-Baker index, computed from the summed day-to-day changes in flow relative to total flow, to quantify this behaviour. The referent is the temporal volatility of streamflow, reflecting a catchment's storage, imperviousness, and land use.[1]

Unit
Dimensionless index of day-to-day streamflow variability (the Richards-Baker index)
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Computed as the sum of absolute day-to-day changes in discharge divided by total discharge over a period

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References

  1. Baker, D. B., Richards, R. P., Loftus, T. T., & Kramer, J. W. (2004). A new flashiness index: Characteristics and applications to midwestern rivers and streams. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 40(2), 503–522. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01046.x

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