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Spatial-temporal rainfall simulation using generalized linear models

Yang, C; Chandler, RE; Isham, VS; Wheater, HS; (2005) Spatial-temporal rainfall simulation using generalized linear models. Water Resources Research , 41 (11) , Article W11415. 10.1029/2004WR003739. Green open access

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Abstract

We consider the problem of simulating sequences of daily rainfall at a network of sites in such a way as to reproduce a variety of properties realistically over a range of spatial scales. The properties of interest will vary between applications but typically will include some measures of "extreme'' rainfall in addition to means, variances, proportions of wet days, and autocorrelation structure. Our approach is to fit a generalized linear model (GLM) to rain gauge data and, with appropriate incorporation of intersite dependence structure, to use the GLM to generate simulated sequences. We illustrate the methodology using a data set from southern England and show that the GLM is able to reproduce many properties at spatial scales ranging from a single site to 2000 km 2 ( the limit of the available data).

Type: Article
Title: Spatial-temporal rainfall simulation using generalized linear models
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003739
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003739
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union
Keywords: Atmospheric circulation patterns, Correlated binary variables, North-Atlantic oscillation, Precipitation occurrence, Variability, Ireland, West
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Statistical Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/5383
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