bf_boughton {FlowScreen}

Boughton recursive digital filter

Description

This function estimates baseflow

Usage

bf_boughton(discharge, k, C)

Arguments

discharge

Nnumeric vector of daily flow data

k

Numeric value of the recession constant (dimensionless).

C

Numeric value of the partitioning factor (dimensionless).

Value

Returns a numeric vector of the estimated baseflow.

Author(s)

Paul H. Whitfield

References

Boughton, WC. 1993. A hydrograph-based model for estimating the water yield of ungauged catchments.In Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Institution of Engineers Australia, Newcastle, NSW; 317-324.

Examples

data(cania.sub.ts)
res <- bf_boughton(cania.sub.ts$Flow, k=0.9, C=0.1)
plot(cania.sub.ts$Date, cania.sub.ts$Flow, xlab="", ylab="Q (m3/s)", type="l")
points(cania.sub.ts$Date, res, type="l", col="blue")