Vanishing weekly hydropeaking cycles in American and Canadian rivers
Rapid sub-daily and weekly fluctuations in streamflow are known as hydropeaking. Here, the authors apply a new “weekly hydropeaking index” (WHI) to streamflow data from 500 gauges across the USA and Canada and find that the strength of WHI peaked in the mid-20th century and has been declining throug...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27465-4 |