THE MULTIFRACTAL TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF NIMES RAINFALL DATA

Authors
LADOY P SCHMITT F SCHERTZER D LOVEJOY S
Citation
P. Ladoy et al., THE MULTIFRACTAL TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF NIMES RAINFALL DATA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 317(6), 1993, pp. 775-782
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
317
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
775 - 782
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)317:6<775:TMTVON>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The Nimes-Courbessac (1949-1992) 12 hrs. resolution rainfall database exhibits a multifractal behaviour for periods of time of at least 12 h rs. to about 16 days. Using the Double Trace Moment data analysis tech nique, we estimated the basic multifractal indices alpha almost-equal- to 0.45+/-0.05 and C1 almost-equal-to 0.60+/-0.02, which characterize the process in the framework of universal multifractals. The probabili ty distribution of large fluctuations has a hyperbolic fall-off.