Small-Scale Rainfall Variability Impacts Analyzed by Fully-Distributed Model Using C-Band and X-Band Radar Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Case Study
2.2. Storm Events and Rainfall Data
2.3. Multifractal Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Hydrological Modelling
3.1.1. Multi-Hydro Description and Implementation
3.1.2. Optim Sim/InfoWorks and the Bièvre Catchment
3.2. Hydrological Simulations
4. Discussions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Events | Radar | Space Resolution | Time Resolution | Space Grid Dimension | Time Duration | Time Steps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/13-09-2015 | C-band | 1 km | 5 min | 64 × 64 | 44 h | 528 |
12/13-09-2015 | X-band | 250 m | 3.41 min | 256 × 256 | 44 h | 773 |
16-09-2015 | C-band | 1 km | 5 min | 64 × 64 | 11.3 h | 136 |
16-09-2015 | X-band | 250 m | 3.41 min | 256 × 256 | 11.3 h | 199 |
5/6-10-2015 | C-band | 1 km | 5 min | 64 × 64 | 31 h | 372 |
5/6-10-2015 | X-band | 250 m | 3.41 min | 256 × 256 | 31 h | 545 |
Events | Radar | α | C1 |
---|---|---|---|
12/13-09-2015 | C-band | 1.249 | 0.217 |
12/13-09-2015 | X-band | 1.536 | 0.184 |
16-09-2015 | C-band | 1.022 | 0.116 |
16-09-2015 | X-band | 1.431 | 0.108 |
5/6-10-2015 | C-band | 1.577 | 0.152 |
5/6-10-2015 | X-band | 1.787 | 0.153 |
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Paz, I.; Willinger, B.; Gires, A.; Alves de Souza, B.; Monier, L.; Cardinal, H.; Tisserand, B.; Tchiguirinskaia, I.; Schertzer, D. Small-Scale Rainfall Variability Impacts Analyzed by Fully-Distributed Model Using C-Band and X-Band Radar Data. Water 2019, 11, 1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061273
Paz I, Willinger B, Gires A, Alves de Souza B, Monier L, Cardinal H, Tisserand B, Tchiguirinskaia I, Schertzer D. Small-Scale Rainfall Variability Impacts Analyzed by Fully-Distributed Model Using C-Band and X-Band Radar Data. Water. 2019; 11(6):1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061273
Chicago/Turabian StylePaz, Igor, Bernard Willinger, Auguste Gires, Bianca Alves de Souza, Laurent Monier, Hervé Cardinal, Bruno Tisserand, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, and Daniel Schertzer. 2019. "Small-Scale Rainfall Variability Impacts Analyzed by Fully-Distributed Model Using C-Band and X-Band Radar Data" Water 11, no. 6: 1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061273