Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2587-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2587-2015
Research article
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02 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2015

Promising new baseflow separation and recession analysis methods applied to streamflow at Glendhu Catchment, New Zealand

M. K. Stewart

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Oct 2014) by Jim Freer
AR by Michael Stewart on behalf of the Authors (16 Dec 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jan 2015) by Jim Freer
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Jan 2015)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Mar 2015)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (07 Apr 2015) by Jim Freer
AR by Michael Stewart on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (12 May 2015) by Jim Freer
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Short summary
This paper presents new baseflow separation and recession analysis methods for streamflow. The baseflow separation method ("bump and rise method" or BRM) aims to accurately simulate the shape of tracer-determined baseflow or pre-event water. The recession analysis approach advocates analyzing quickflow and baseflow as well as streamflow because analyzing the latter alone gives misleading information on catchment storage reservoirs. The methods are demonstrated for the Glendhu streamflow record.