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FlowScreen (version 0.9)

FDC: Flow Duration Curve

Description

Produces summary screening plots of high flow, low flow, or baseflow metrics. Each plot shows significant temporal trends and step changes. Intended for use as a data quality screening tool aimed at identifying streamflow records with anthropogenic impacts or data inhomogeneities.

Usage

FDC(flow, title, normal = FALSE, gust = TRUE)

Arguments

flow
daily streamflow time series
title
character string for plot title
normal
boolean indicating whether to plot on normal probability axis (normal=TRUE) or linear probability axis (default, normal=FALSE)
gust
boolean indicating whether to plot Gustard type curves.

References

Gustard, A., Bullock, A., and Dixon, J.M. (1992). Report No. 108: Low flow estimation in the United Kingdom. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Institute of Hydrology.

Examples

Run this code
data(caniapiscau)
caniapiscau <- subset(caniapiscau, !is.na(caniapiscau$Flow))
FDC(caniapiscau$Flow, title="Caniapiscau River")

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