weeks_inundated: Flow Thresholds for Number of Weeks Inundated

In FlowWest/cvpiaHabitat: Estimate Spawning and Rearing Habitat

Description

Estimated relationship between duration of inundation and monthly mean flow

Usage

weeks_inundated

Format

dataframe with rows and 3 variables

watershed

name of CVPIA watershed

weeks_inundated

integer value between 0 and 4 to represent weeks of floodplain inundation

flow_threshold

flow threshold in cubic feet per second associated with number of weeks inundated

Details

Visual inspection of measured flow and professional judgement were used to define relationships between number of days inundated and the mean monthly flow.

Relationship Modeled:

• Sacramento River

• Big Chico Creek

• Butte Creek

• Cottonwood Creek

• Deer Creek

• Elder Creek

• Sutter Bypass

• Bear River

• Feather River

• Yuba River

• Yolo Bypass

• American River

• Calaveras River

• Merced River

• Stanislaus River

• Tuolumne River

• San Joaquin River

All other watersheds are assumed to have a two week inundation.

Source

Sadie Gill [e-mail]

Examples

weeks_inundated

FlowWest/cvpiaHabitat documentation built on Oct. 27, 2020, 2:09 p.m.