pastas.stats.signatures.richards_baker_index#

richards_baker_index(series, normalize=True)[source]#

Richards-Baker index according to Baker et al. [2004].

Parameters:

  • series (pandas.Series) – Pandas Series with DatetimeIndex and head values.

  • normalize (bool, optional) – normalize the time series to values between zero and one.

Return type:

float

Notes

Sum of absolute values of day‐to‐day changes in head divided by the sum of scaled daily head. Equivalent the Richards Pathlength without the time component.