Journal
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
Volume 400, Issue 1-2, Pages 223-233Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.044
Keywords
Time series analysis; Partial correlation; Spectral analysis; Karst hydrology; Spring discharge
Funding
- Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia
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Hydrological time series comprise the influences of numerous processes involved in the transfer of water in hydrological cycle. It implies that an ambiguity with respect to the processes encoded in spectral and cross-spectral density functions exists. Previous studies have not paid attention adequately to this issue. Spectral and cross-spectral density functions represent the Fourier transforms of auto-covariance and cross-covariance functions. Using this basic property, the ambiguity is resolved by applying a novel approach based on the spectral representation of partial correlation. Mathematical background for partial spectral density, partial amplitude and partial phase functions is presented. The proposed functions yield the estimates of spectral density, amplitude and phase that are not affected by a controlling process. If an input-output relation is the subject of interest, antecedent and subsequent influences of the controlling process can be distinguished considering the input event as a referent point. The method is used for analyses of the relations between the rainfall, air temperature and relative humidity, as well as the influences of air temperature and relative humidity on the discharge from karst spring. Time series are collected in the catchment of the Jadro Spring located in the Dinaric karst area of Croatia. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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