Rapid sub-daily and weekly fluctuations in streamflow are known as hydropeaking. Here, the authors apply a new “weekly hydropeaking index” (WHI) to streamflow data from 500 gauges across the USA and Canada and find that the strength of WHI peaked in the mid-20th century and has been declining through the 2010s.
- Stephen J. Déry
- Marco A. Hernández-Henríquez
- Tara J. Troy
