Fractal analysis of urban catchments and their representation in semi-distributed models: imperviousness and sewer system

Gires, Auguste; Tchiguirinskaia, Ioulia; Schertzer, Daniel; Ochoa-Rodriguez, Susana; Willems, Patrick; Ichiba, Abdellah; Wang, Li-Pen; Pina, Rui; Van Assel, Johan; Bruni, Guendalina; Murla Tuyls, Damian; ten Veldhuis, Marie-Claire

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2361-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2361-2017

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Rainfall and urban hydrology

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2361-2017

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Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

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08 May 2017

Research article |

| 08 May 2017

Fractal analysis of urban catchments and their representation in semi-distributed models: imperviousness and sewer system

Auguste Gires, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Daniel Schertzer, Susana Ochoa-Rodriguez, Patrick Willems, Abdellah Ichiba, Li-Pen Wang, Rui Pina, Johan Van Assel, Guendalina Bruni, Damian Murla Tuyls, and Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript hess-2016-527', Samuele De Bartolo, 18 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Answer to RC1', Auguste Gires, 08 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Comments on the manuscript "Fractal analysis of urban catchments and their representation in semi-distributed models: imperviousness and sewer system"', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to RC2', Auguste Gires, 08 Mar 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (20 Mar 2017) by Chris Onof

AR by Auguste Gires on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (31 Mar 2017) by Chris Onof

AR by Auguste Gires on behalf of the Authors (02 Apr 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Data from 10 urban or peri-urban catchments located in five EU countries are used to analyze the imperviousness distribution and sewer network geometry. Consistent scale invariant features are retrieved for both (fractal dimensions can be defined), which enables to define a level of urbanization. Imperviousness representation in operational model is also found to exhibit scale-invariant features (even multifractality). The research was carried out as part of the UE INTERREG IV RainGain project.