Data View, Branch: Hydrology
\ Water Year Method, Tab: Sequence Once you have given definitions for each water year type (Water Year Definition), specify the sequence of water year types (Very Dry, Dry, Normal, Wet, Very Wet) in your study. The defined sequence of water year types will set inflow values for future years by applying the appropriate fluctuation coefficients to the Current Accounts inflows. Note: the Current Accounts year is not necessarily a Normal water year.
When using the Water Year Method, your assignment of water year types can be based upon a variety of considerations:
past hydrologic patterns, for a simplified historical analysis (a frequency analysis of an annual inflow record at a representative river point may be useful)
a specific future hydrologic occurrence, such as a 3-year drought, in which 3 Very Dry years occur sequentially
climate change scenarios
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\ Water Year Method, Tab: Sequence