Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Multiple time scale analysis of river runoff using wavelet transform for Dagujia River Basin, Yantai, China

  • Published:
Chinese Geographical Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

    We’re sorry, something doesn't seem to be working properly.

    Please try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, please contact support so we can address the problem.

Abstract

Based on monthly river runoff and meteorological data, a method of Morlet wavelet transform was used to analyze the multiple time scale characteristics of river runoff in the Dagujia River Basin, Yantai City, Shandong Province. The results showed that the total annual river runoff in the Dagujia River Basin decreased significantly from 1966 to 2004, and the rate of decrease was 48×106m3/10yr, which was higher than the mean value of most rivers in China. Multiple time scale characteristics existed, which accounted for different aspects of the changes in annual river runoff, and the major periods of the runoff time series were identified as about 28 years, 14 years and 4 years with decreasing levels of fluctuation. The river runoff evolution process was controlled by changes in precipitation to a certain extent, but it was also greatly influenced by human activities. Also, for different time periods and scales, the impacts of climate changes and human activities on annual river runoff evolution occurred at the same time. Changes in the annual river runoff were mainly associated with climate change before the 1980s and with human activities after 1981.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Akay M, 1997. Wavelet applications in medicine. IEEE Spectrum, 34(5): 50–56.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Antonini M, Barlaud M, Mathieu P et al., 1992. Image coding using wavelet transform. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 1(2): 205–220. DOI: 10.1109/83.136597.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Davis A, Marshak A, Wiscombe W et al., 1994. Multifractal characterizations of non-stationarity and intermittency in geophysical fields, observed, retrieved or simulated. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 99(D4): 8055–8072.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farge M, 1992. Wavelet transforms and their applications to turbulence. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 24: 395–457.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hurst H E, 1951. Transact. Am. Soc. Civil Eng, 116: 770–799.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jiang Yan, Zhou Chenghu, Cheng Weiming, 2005. Analysis on river runoff supply and variation characteristics of Aksu drainage basin. Journal of Natural Resources, 20(1): 27–34. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Jury M R, Melice J L, 2000. Analysis of Durban rainfall and Nile river flow 1871–1999. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 67(3–4): 161–169. DOI: 10.1029/2000JC000507.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kantelhardt J W, Rybski D, Zschiegner S A et al., 2003. Multifractality of river runoff and precipitation: comparison of fluctuation analysis and wavelet methods. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 330(1–2): 240–245. DOI: 10.1016/j.ph ysa.2003.08.019.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar P, Foufoula-Georgiou E, 1993. A multicomponent decomposition of spatial rainfall fields.1.Segregation of large and small scale features using wavelet transform. Water Resources Research, 29(8): 2515–2532.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Labat D, Ababou R, Mangin A, 2000. Rainfall-runoff relations for karstic springs. Part II: continuous wavelet and discrete orthogonal multiresolution. Journal of Hydrology, 238(3–4): 149–178.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lettenmaier D P, Wood E F, Wallis J R, 1994. Hydro-climatological trends in the continental United-States, 1948–88. Journal of Climate, 7(4): 586–607.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liu Delin, Liu Xianzhao, Li Jiazhu et al., 2007. A quantification study on distributions characteristics of inter yearly river runoff of the representative drainage basin in Jiaodong massif area. Journal of Mountain Science, 25(3): 295–301. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu Delin, Liu Xianzhao, Li Xiguo et al., 2006. Analysis of runoff decreasing trend and driving force for the typical basin of hilly-area in Jiaodong peninsula. Journal of China Hydrology, 26(5): 61–64. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Luo Xianxiang, Deng Wei, He Yan et al., 2002. Driving Forces of Changes for Marshy Rivers in Sanjiang Plan. Acta Geographica Sinica, 57(5): 603–610. (in Chinese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Meyers S D, Kelly B G, Obrien J J, 1993. An introduction to wavelet analysis in oceanography and meteorology-with application to the dispersion of Yanai waves. Monthly Weather Review, 121(10): 2858–2866.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Meyers S D, Obrien J J, 1994. Spatial and temporal 26-day SST variations in the equatorial Indian Ocean using wavelet analysis. Geophysical Research Letters, 21(9): 777–780.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morlet J, 1983. SamplingTtheory and Wave Propagation. NATO ASI Series, FI. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, 233–261.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rioul O M, Vetterli, 1991. Wavelet and signal processing. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 8: 14–38.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Saco P, Kumar P, 2000. Coherent modes in multiscale variability of streamflow over the United States. Water Resources Research, 36(4): 1049–1067.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Singh P, Kumar N, 1997. Impact assessment of climate change on the hydrological response of a snow and glacier melt runoff dominated Himalayan River. Journal of Hydrology, 193(1–4): 316–350. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03142-3.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smith L C, Turcotte D, Isacks B L, 1998. Stream flow characterization and feature detection using a discrete wavelet transform. Hydrological Processes, 12(2): 233–249.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Torrence C, Compo G P, 1998. A practical guide to wavelet analysis. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79(1): 61–78.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Torrence C, Webster P J, 1999. Interdecadal changes in the ENSO-monsoon system. Journal of Climate, 12(8): 2679–2690.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Villasenor J D, Belzer B, Liao J, 1995. Wavelet filter evaluation for image compression. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 4(8): 1053–1060.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Xu Jianhua, Chen yaning, Li Weihong et al, 2008. Long-term Trend and Fractal of Annual Runoff Process in Mainstream of Tarim River. Chinese Geographical Science, 18(1): 77–84. DOI: 10.1007/s11769-008-0077-6.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, 712100, China

    Delin Liu, Bicheng Li & Shiwei Zhao

  2. College of Geography and Resource Management, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, China

    Xianzhao Liu

  3. Yantai Hydrology and Water Resource Survey Office, Yantai, 264025, China

    Xiguo Li

  4. Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Delin Liu

Authors
  1. Delin Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Xianzhao Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Bicheng Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Shiwei Zhao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Xiguo Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Bicheng Li.

Additional information

Foundation item: Under the auspices of National Key Science and Technology Support Program of China (No. 2006BCA01A07-2), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40101005), Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (No. Q02E03)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Liu, D., Liu, X., Li, B. et al. Multiple time scale analysis of river runoff using wavelet transform for Dagujia River Basin, Yantai, China. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 19, 158–167 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-009-0158-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-009-0158-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation