pastas.stats.signatures.high_pulse_duration#
- high_pulse_duration(series, quantile=0.8)[source]#
Average duration of pulses where the head exceeds a certain threshold.
- Parameters
series (pandas.Series) – Pandas Series with DatetimeIndex and head values.
quantile (float, optional) – Quantile used as a threshold.
- Return type
Notes
Average duration of pulses where the groundwater head drops exceeds a certain threshold. The threshold is defined as the 80th percentile of nonexceedance.
References
- richter_1996
Richter, B. D. (1996). A method for assessing hydrologic alteration within ecosystems. Society for Conservation Biology, 10(4), 1163–1174. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523‐1739.1996.10041163.x