A large data set of raindrop size distribution (RSD) measurements collected with the Joss–Waldvogel disdrometer (JWD) and the 2-D video disdrometer (2DVD) in the U.K., Greece, Japan, and the U.S. are analyzed and modeled. This work extends a previous effort devoted to the exploitation of U.K. data and the design of a stochastic procedure to randomly generate synthetic RSD intermittent time series. This study seeks to: 1) explore the differences of RSD-derived moments for distinct hydroclimate regions, ranging from tropics to subtropics and mid and northern latitudes; 2) compare the governing parameters of the normalized gamma RSD for both stratiform and convective events and perform a sensitivity analysis by using different best fitting techniques; 3) exploit the time-correlation structure of the estimated RSD parameters as the input of a vector autoregressive stationary model used to simulate time series (or horizontal profiles) of RSDs and, consequently, its moments as the rain rate and concentration; and 4) characterize the distribution of the inter-rain duration and rain duration to design a semi-Markov chain to represent the intermittency feature of the rainfall process in a climatological framework. This climatological analysis and the related stochastic RSD generation model may find useful applications within both hydrometeorology and radio propagation.
Statistical characterization and modeling of raindrop spectra time series for different climatological regions / Mario, Montopoli; Marzano, FRANK SILVIO; Gianfranco, Vulpiani; Marios N., Anagnostou; Emmanouil N., Anagnostou. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 0196-2892. - STAMPA. - 46:10(2008), pp. 2778-2787. [10.1109/tgrs.2008.2000652]
Statistical characterization and modeling of raindrop spectra time series for different climatological regions
MARZANO, FRANK SILVIO;
2008
Abstract
A large data set of raindrop size distribution (RSD) measurements collected with the Joss–Waldvogel disdrometer (JWD) and the 2-D video disdrometer (2DVD) in the U.K., Greece, Japan, and the U.S. are analyzed and modeled. This work extends a previous effort devoted to the exploitation of U.K. data and the design of a stochastic procedure to randomly generate synthetic RSD intermittent time series. This study seeks to: 1) explore the differences of RSD-derived moments for distinct hydroclimate regions, ranging from tropics to subtropics and mid and northern latitudes; 2) compare the governing parameters of the normalized gamma RSD for both stratiform and convective events and perform a sensitivity analysis by using different best fitting techniques; 3) exploit the time-correlation structure of the estimated RSD parameters as the input of a vector autoregressive stationary model used to simulate time series (or horizontal profiles) of RSDs and, consequently, its moments as the rain rate and concentration; and 4) characterize the distribution of the inter-rain duration and rain duration to design a semi-Markov chain to represent the intermittency feature of the rainfall process in a climatological framework. This climatological analysis and the related stochastic RSD generation model may find useful applications within both hydrometeorology and radio propagation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.