Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-21-2017
Publisher
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017
Publisher Location
Sacramento, California
First page number:
93
Last page number:
103
Abstract
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) are two of the most important climate indices that influence the western U.S. hydrology significantly. This study evaluated how these two indices have influenced California streamflow over the years and determined their correlation at multiple time-scales. Data were obtained from 14 unimpaired streamflow stations of California for a study period of 63 years (i.e., 1951 to 2013). The concept of continuous wavelet transform was applied to observe the variance in each time-series at multiple time-scale bands over the years. The correlation was found to be higher in the latter half of the study period. ENSO showed a higher correlation with California streamflow compared to PDO across the study period. The results of this study can be of assistance in determining the relationship between Pacific SST fluctuation and California streamflow. The findings may help understand the recent California drought as well.
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Water Resource Management
Repository Citation
Tamaddun, K. A.,
Kalra, A.,
Ahmad, S.
(2017).
Multi-Scale Correlation Analyses between California Streamflow and ENSO/PDO.
93-103.
Sacramento, California: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/fac_articles/444