Quantifying the impact of small scale unmeasured rainfall variability on urban runoff through multifractal downscaling: A case study

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 442-443, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-128

  Gires, A ^a   Onof, C ^b   Maksimovic, C ^b   Schertzer, D ^a   Tchiguirinskaia, I ^a   Simoes, N ^b,c  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Ensemble predictions; Multifractals; Rainfall variability; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

DOWN-SCALING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; MULTIFRACTALS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; URBAN RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS; FRACTALS; RADAR; RUNOFF; SEWAGE;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROGRAPH; PEAK FLOW; POWER LAW; RADAR; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861224141     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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