A single scaling parameter as a first approximation to describe the rainfall pattern of a place: application on Catalonia
As well as in other natural processes, it has been frequently observed that the phenomenon arising from the rainfall generation process presents fractal self-similarity of statistical type, and thus, rainfall series generally show scaling properties. Based on this fact, there is a methodology, simpl...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/116116 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/116116 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11600-018-0122-5 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Precipitation (Meteorology)--Measurement Simple scaling Fractal analysis Rainfall intensity Intensity–duration–frequency curves Climate change Catalonia Pluviometria -- Catalunya Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Impacte ambiental Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible |
| Sumario: | As well as in other natural processes, it has been frequently observed that the phenomenon arising from the rainfall generation process presents fractal self-similarity of statistical type, and thus, rainfall series generally show scaling properties. Based on this fact, there is a methodology, simple scaling, which is used quite broadly to find or reproduce the intensity–duration–frequency curves of a place. In the present work, the relationship of the simple scaling parameter with the characteristic rainfall pattern of the area of study has been investigated. The calculation of this scaling parameter has been performed from 147 daily rainfall selected series covering the temporal period between 1883 and 2016 over the Catalonian territory (Spain) and its nearby surroundings, and a discussion about the relationship between the scaling parameter spatial distribution and rainfall pattern, as well as about trends of this scaling parameter over the past decades possibly due to climate change, has been presented. |
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