Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Autumn rains bring higher baseflows


The hydrograph above shows the typical situation in autumn season when more frequent rainfalls and decreasing evapotranspiration leads to rising levels of baseflow. The interval between the rainfall events is becoming shorter, and note how the baseflow in between events is steadily rising. The baseflow level will remain high into December, only decreasing once the temperatures drop sufficiently for precipitation to change from rainfall to snowfall.