Multifractals and extreme rainfall events
Open Access
- 21 May 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 20 (10) , 931-934
- https://doi.org/10.1029/93gl01245
Abstract
Based on a multifractal structure hypothesis for temporal rainfall processes, a general formula relating maximum possible point rainfall accumulations is derived as a function of the duration and sample size. This formula appears to be in agreement with empirical observations. Such a result may reconcile some opposite points of view regarding extreme rainfall events, and suggests new ways of exploiting the scaling properties of rain processes.Keywords
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