rSAS - rank StorAge Selection

rSAS is an approach to representing solute transport dynamics. It can be used to interpret tracer data, or to model solute transport. Full details can be found in the Harman [2015] paper below.

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Papers

Harman, C. J., and M. Kim (2014), An efficient tracer test for time-variable transit time distributions in periodic hydrodynamic systems, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(5), 1567–1575, doi:10.1002/2013GL058980.

Harman, C. J. (2015), Time-variable transit time distributions and transport: Theory and application to storage-dependent transport of chloride in a watershed, Water Resources Research, 51(1), 1–30, doi:10.1002/2014WR015707.

Rinaldo, A., P. Benettin, C. J. Harman, M. Hrachowitz, K. J. McGuire, Y. van der Velde, E. Bertuzzo, and G. Botter (2015), Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes, Water Resources Research, 51(6), 4840–4847, doi:10.1002/2015WR017273.

Rinaldo, A., P. Benettin, C. J. Harman, M. Hrachowitz, K. J. McGuire, Y. van der Velde, E. Bertuzzo, and G. Botter (2016), Reply to comment by Porporato and Calabrese on “Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes,” Water Resources Research, 52(1), 616–618, doi:10.1002/2015WR018045.