PROGRAM USER GUIDE FOR RECESS

INTRODUCTION 2 PURPOSE 2 BACKGROUND ABOUT RECESSION CHARACTERISTICS 2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD 3 PREPARING TO USE THE PROGRAM 5 OBTAINING STREAMFLOW DATA FILES 5 THE SCREEN PROGRAM 7 THE STATION.TXT FILE 8 RUNNING THE RECESS PROGRAM 9 GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF RECESSION SEGMENTS WITHOUT MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS 9 DETERMINATION OF THE RECESSION INDEX 11 THE MASTER RECESSION CURVE 12 Output Files for the RECESS Program 12 The CURV Program 14 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM USE 16 REFERENCES 18

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