A universal multifractal description applied to precipitation patterns of the Ebro River Basin, Spain

Climate Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Valencia, J L ^a   Requejo, A Saa ^b,c   Gasco J M ^c   Tarquis, A M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Intermittence; Multifractal; Rainfall; Time series

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CODIMENSION; DAILY RAINFALL; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; EBRO RIVER BASIN; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INTERMITTENCE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTISCALING; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL SERIES; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RIVER BASINS; SUMMER SEASON;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE CHANGE; FRACTALS; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 78650405425     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00947     Document Type: Article

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