Pervasive changes in stream intermittency across the United States

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 84033 - 84048
• Main Authors: Zipper, Samuel C, Hammond, John C, Shanafield, Margaret, Zimmer, Margaret, Datry, Thibault, Jones, C Nathan, Kaiser, Kendra E, Godsey, Sarah E, Burrows, Ryan M, Blaszczak, Joanna R, Busch, Michelle H, Price, Adam N, Boersma, Kate S, Ward, Adam S, Costigan, Katie, Allen, George H, Krabbenhoft, Corey A, Dodds, Walter K, Mims, Meryl C, Olden, Julian D, Kampf, Stephanie K, Burgin, Amy J, Allen, Daniel C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Aridity; climate change; Drying; Environmental Sciences; ephemeral; Flow duration; Gauges; Hydrology; Intermittency; Land use; non-perennial streams; Nonperennial streams; Perennial streams; river; Signatures; streamflow; Streams; time series; Water management; Wetting; United States > US; non-perennial streams; land use; ephemeral; time series; river; climate change; streamflow

Non-perennial streams are widespread, critical to ecosystems and society, and the subject of ongoing policy debate. Prior large-scale research on stream intermittency has been based on long-term averages, generally using annually aggregated data to characterize a highly variable process. As a result...