Table 1 The grade standards of the watershed lagged intensity and frequency.

From: Study on the driving mechanism of lagged effects based on different time scales in a karst drainage basin in South China

Lagged intensity

Lagged frequency

Level

Index (LI)

Level

Index (F)

Nonlagged effect

0.0 ≤ LI

Low frequency

0–20%

Mild lagged effect

− 1.0 ≤ LI < 0.0

Medium–low frequency

20–40%

Moderate lagged effect

− 1.5 ≤ LI < − 1.0

Medium frequency

40–60%

Severe lagged effect

− 2.0 ≤ LI < − 1.5

Medium–high frequency

60–80%

Extreme lagged effect

LI < − 2.0

High frequency

80–100%