Flood Regime Characterization (FRC) for Matlab

Year
2001
Associated Project

This program is an attempt to transform the methods discussed in the companion paper into a portable computer program so that they can be used by researchers and managers on other watersheds in order to characterize a flood regime. The main inputs to the program are a daily streamflow record and a set of flood duration and magnitude thresholds that have some meaningful connection to the hydrologic, geomorphic, and/or ecological processes in the specific watershed. The main outputs are a list of floods, flood types, and water year types along with useful statistics for each list and estimates of the frequency of each flood type and water year type.

Downloads & Resources

  • Program manual (PDF 300KB)
  • Program source code (ZIP 20KB)
  • Example output for Cosumnes River (ZIP 250KB)
  • Link to companion paper (Link)

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