On the emergence of heavy-tailed streamflow distributions

•Diverse versions of a stochastic model compared in terms of high flow statistics.•Key role of non-linear storage–discharge to reproduce frequencies of high flows.•Importance of studying individual recessions to portray the basin hydrologic response.•Emergence of heavy tails linked to non-linearity...

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Published in:Advances in water resources 2015-08, Vol.82, p.98-105
Main Authors: Basso, S., Schirmer, M., Botter, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catchments
Ecohydrology
Ecology
Emergence
Heavy-tails
High flows
Hydrology
Mathematical models
Nonlinear dynamics
Nonlinearity
probability
Recession analysis
rivers
selection criteria
soil water
Storage–discharge
stream flow
Streamflow distributions
Water runoff
watersheds
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