Multiyear Low Flow Of Streams In Northeastern Kansas

Historical perspective of statewide streamflows during the 2002 and 1977 droughts in Colorado

“…1), various multiyear methods for analysis of drought-diminished streamflows have been used. One such method (Paulson and others, 1991, p. 160) calculates the accumulated departure of monthly streamflow from the longterm monthly average streamflow and assigns a frequency to the drought on the basis of multiyear events (Furness, 1962;Carswell and Bond, 1980). However, for the study described herein, streamflows were analyzed strictly on an individual year basis because this approach provides a perspective of individual drought years, such as 2002 and 1977, which often are remembered for their exceptionally low streamflows.…”