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Apr 26, 2012
A Study of the Properties of Scale Invariance as Applied to Intensity-Duration-Frequency Relationships of Heavy Storms
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In this paper, the properties of time scale invariance of rainfall are investigated and applied to intensity-duration-frequency relationships. The hypothesis of simple scaling implies in direct and empirically-verifiable relations among the moments of several orders and also among the probability distributions of rainfall intensities of different durations. Using these relations, it is possible to analitically derive IDF relationships for short-duration rainfall from the statistical characteristics of daily data only. The simple scaling model has been applied to precipitation data observed at the Vespasiano rainfall gaging station, located in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, in southeastern Brazil; the results have been compared to those obtained by at-site IDF synthesis.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Mauro Naghettini
Escola de Engenharia da UFMG - EHR, Av. Contorno 842/8, 30110-060 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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