A SCALING MODEL OF A STORM HYETOGRAPH

KOUTSOYIANNIS, D; FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU, E

dc.contributor.author	KOUTSOYIANNIS, D	en
dc.contributor.author	FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:09:12Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:09:12Z
dc.date.issued	1993	en
dc.identifier.issn	0043-1397	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/10868
dc.subject	cumulant	en
dc.subject	Duration Dependence	en
dc.subject	Empirical Evidence	en
dc.subject	Rainfall Intensity	en
dc.subject	Seasonality	en
dc.subject	Statistical Properties	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en
dc.subject.classification	Limnology	en
dc.subject.classification	Water Resources	en
dc.subject.other	DAILY RAINFALL	en
dc.subject.other	SEQUENCES	en
dc.title	A SCALING MODEL OF A STORM HYETOGRAPH	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1029/93WR00395	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/93WR00395	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1993	en
heal.abstract	Empirical evidence suggests that statistical properties of storm rainfall at a location and within a homogeneous season have a well-structured dependence on storm duration. To explain this dependence, a simple scaling model for rainfall intensity within a storm was hypothesized. It was shown both analytically and empirically that such a model can explain reasonably well the observed statistical structure in the interior of storms, thus providing an efficient parametrization of storms of varying durations and total depths. This simple scaling model is also consistent with, and provides a theoretical basis for, the concept of mass curves (normalized cumulative storm depth versus normalized cumulative time since the beginning of a storm) which are extensively used in hydrologic design. In contrast, popular stationary models of rainfall intensity are shown unable to capture the duration dependent statistical structure of storm depths and are also inconsistent with the concept of mass curves.	en
heal.publisher	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION	en
heal.journalName	WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1029/93WR00395	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1993LL33500041	en
dc.identifier.volume	29	en
dc.identifier.issue	7	en
dc.identifier.spage	2345	en
dc.identifier.epage	2361	en