Universal multifractal description of an hourly rainfall time series from a location in southern Spain

Atmosfera

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-355

  Garcia Marin A P ^a   Jimenez Hornero F J ^a   Ayuso Munoz J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multifractal analysis; Rainfall; Universal multifractal model

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 54849416597     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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