pastas.stats.signatures.magnitude#

magnitude(series)[source]#

Difference of peak head to base head, divided by base head.

Parameters: series (pandas.Series) – Pandas Series with DatetimeIndex and head values.
Return type: float

Notes

Difference of peak head to base head, divided by base head.

(h_max - h_min ) / h_min

References

hannah_2000: Hannah, D. M., Smith, B. P. G., Gurnell, A. M., & McGregor, G. R. (2000). An approach to hydrograph classification. Hydrological Processes, 14(2), 317–338.