Work

Universality of rain event size distributions

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: We compare rain event size distributions derived from measurements in climatically different regions, which we find to be well approximated by power laws of similar exponents over broad ranges. Differences can be seen in the large-scale cutoffs of the distributions. Event duration distributions suggest that the scale-free aspects are related to the absence of characteristic scales in the meteorological mesoscale.

Source: Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/11/p11030

Authors: Ole Peters, A Deluca, A Corral, J D Neelin, C E Holloway

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, Imperial College London, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, University of Reading

Language: English

Topic: Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green