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SELECTED STREAMFLOW SEQUENCES FOR USE IN
EXPLORATORY DROUGHT SCENARIOS

The following sequences of years were extracted from the reconstructed time series of annual water year discharge in the Salt+Verde+Tonto (S+V+T) watershed and plotted to illustrate different modes or patterns of streamflow that have been experienced in the past.  
How the Streamflow Sequences were selected Link to Streamflow Sequence Data Spreadsheet (xls) Suggested Uses of the Sequences in Exploratory Scenarios
  30-Year
Sequences
20-Year
Sequences
11-Year
Sequences
7-Year
Sequences
1500s 30-yr-a
(1566-1595)
Extreme sustained low flow
30 yr-a
20-yr-a
(1573-1592)
Extreme low flow period
20-yr-a
11-yr-a
(1575-1585)
Sustained below average flow
11-yr-a
7-yr-a
(1579-1585)
Most extreme 7-year low flow run in record
7-yr-a
1600s 30-yr-b
(1657-1686)
Clustered run of low flow years during low-to-average period
30 yr-b
20-yr-b
(1660-1679)
Clustered run of flow years during below average period
20-yr-b
------------- 7-yr-b
(1666-1672)
Most extreme continuously dry sequence
7-yr-b
early 1700s ------------- -------------  11-yr-b
(1728-1738)
Nearly continuous below average flow
11-yr-b
7-yr-c
(1724-1730)
7-yr sequence of high flow followed by low
7-yr-c
late 1700s 30-yr-c
(1762 - 1792)
High amplitude inter-annual variability
30 yr-c
------------- ------------- ------------
early 1800s 30-yr-d
(1813-1842)
6-year low flow run broken by wet year
30 yr-d
------------- ------------- 7-yr-d
(1817-1823)
Extremely dry 6-year run with  intervening wet year
7-yr-d
mid 1800s 30-yr-e
(1842-1871)
Extreme high amplitude variability
30 yr-e
------------- ------------- ------------
late 1800s 30-yr-f
(1875-1904)
Sustained below average low flow
30 yr-f
20-yr-c
(1875-1904)
Long dry period with below average flow
20-yr-c
11-yr-c
(1893-1903)
Below average with extreme low flow years
11-yr-c
------------
early 1900s 30-yr-g
(1904-1934)
Sustained above average high flow
30 yr-g
------------- ------------- ------------

Suggested Uses of the Sequences in Exploratory Scenarios

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