Rainfall downscaling in time: Theoretical and empirical comparison between multifractal and Hurst-Kolmogorov discrete random cascades;Descente d'échelle temporelle des précipitations: Comparaison théorique et empirique entre multifractales et cascades aléatoires discrètes de Hurst-Kolmogorov

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1052-1066

  Lombardo, F ^a   Volpi, E ^a   Koutsoyiannis, D ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

discrete random cascades; ensemble statistical behaviour; Hurst Kolmogorov process; multifractals; rainfall downscaling; stationarity

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE STATISTICAL BEHAVIOUR; HURST-KOLMOGOROV PROCESS; MULTIFRACTALS; RAINFALL DOWNSCALING; RANDOM CASCADES; STATIONARITY;

FRACTALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWNSCALING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84864607736     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.695872     Document Type: Article

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