Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2425-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2425-2018
Research article
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23 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 23 Apr 2018

Critical scales to explain urban hydrological response: an application in Cranbrook, London

Elena Cristiano, Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis, Santiago Gaitan, Susana Ochoa Rodriguez, and Nick van de Giesen

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In this work we investigate the influence rainfall and catchment scales have on hydrological response. This problem is quite relevant in urban areas, where the response is fast due to the high degree of imperviousness. We presented a new approach to classify rainfall variability in space and time and use this classification to investigate rainfall aggregation effects on urban hydrological response. This classification allows the spatial extension of the main core of the storm to be identified.
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