Variability in the Shape of the Active Length–Streamflow Relationship in Temporary Streams: Insights From an Empirical Analysis
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Abstract
Abstract Non‐perennial stream reaches experience ceaseless shifts between flowing water and dry‐down, depending on the changes of the water availability in the upstream catchment. Consequently, the flowing network length and the catchment‐scale streamflow jointly evolve mirroring the temporal variations of landscape wetness. The resulting relation between and represents a powerful tool for monitoring, modeling and classifying non‐perennial rivers. However, a robust formal assessment of the shape across different catchments is still lacking. In this manuscript we analyze 45 case studies with joint empirical observations of and , and test three models: the power law, the exponential, and the gamma functions. The empirical data confirms the presence of a high correlation between and in all case studies. However higher levels of noise emerge in higher frequency data sets. Furthermore, our analysis reveals three classes of shapes: generally increasing relations, relations with a right plateau, and s‐shaped relations. The results indicate that the gamma model produces the lowest errors and is able to describe all three shapes. In contrast, the power law model—while showing good performances—tends to overestimate the right plateaus. The exponential model, instead, proves to be too simple and often reaches the maximum network length for too low discharge values. The study provides a basis for better interpreting and modeling the joint variability of and , providing clues about the sensitivity of the flowing length to streamflow changes in different geomorphic and climatic settings.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.008 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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