bf.stats {FlowScreen} | R Documentation |
Baseflow statistics
Description
This function estimates the baseflow and calculates the mean, max, and min baseflow and baseflow index for a user defined time period.
Usage
bf.stats(TS, by = "hyear")
Arguments
TS |
output from |
by |
summary period. Options are "year", "hyear", "month", or "doy". Default is "hyear". |
Details
This function calls bf_eckhardt
to complete the
baseflow separation.
Value
Returns a data.frame with the following columns:
By - Unique values representing the summary periods, e.g. a list of unique years, months, or days of year
MeanQ - Mean daily streamflow for the summary period, in m3/s
MeanBF - Mean daily baseflow for the summary period, in m3/s
MaxBF - Maximum daily baseflow for the summary period, in m3/s
MinBF - Minimum daily baseflow for the summary period, in m3/s
BFVol - Baseflow volume for the summary period, in km3
MeanBFI - Mean daily baseflow index for the summary period, dimensionless
MaxBFI - Maximum daily baseflow index for the summary period, dimensionless
MinBFI - Minimum daily baseflow index for the summary period, dimensionless
Author(s)
Jennifer Dierauer
Examples
data(cania.sub.ts)
res <- bf.stats(cania.sub.ts)
res2 <- screen.metric(res[,2], "m3/s")