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Research article
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09 May 2017
Research article |
| 09 May 2017
A two-parameter design storm for Mediterranean convective rainfall
Rafael García-Bartual
Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto Universitario
de Investigación de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente (IIAMA),
Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Ignacio Andrés-Doménech
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto Universitario
de Investigación de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente (IIAMA),
Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Short summary
A new methodology to obtain design storms for Mediterranean convective episodes is presented, which not only reproduces observed rainfall intensities but also other variables such as temporal pattern, total rainfall volume or the storm duration. The formulation, without using IDF curves, introduces a 2-parameter analytical function and presents an original method to assign the storm return period. Three design storms with similar magnitude but different shapes are derived for each return period.
A new methodology to obtain design storms for Mediterranean convective episodes is presented,...
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