Stability of high and low flow periods on European rivers
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2015
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Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk
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The aim of this paper is to examine regional differences in the flow regime of European rivers. The
stability of a flow regime is defined as the regularity of high and low flow periods during a year (Corbus and
Stanescu, 2004). The first, second, and third maximum and minimum values of the mean monthly flows during
the year served as regime characteristics, i.e. descriptors of the regime phases. A series of monthly discharges
recorded during the years 1951–1990 at 510 stations on 369 European rivers were analysed. The coefficient
of stability used in the analysis enables an extension of classical hydrological regime analysis. The proposed
approach allows not only to establish the term of high and low flow periods of the river, but it also shows the
regularity (stability) of their occurrence.
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river regime, high and low flow, coefficient of stability, Europe
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Badania Fizjograficzne, Seria A, Tom 66, 2015, s. 183-194
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Seria A - Geografia Fizyczna Tom 66;
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2081-6014