Stochastic Models for the Disaggregation of Precipitation Time Series on Sub-Daily Scale: Identification of Parameters by Global Optimization

25 Pages Posted: 5 May 2015

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Veronica Villani

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Daniela Di Serafino

Second University of Naples

Rianna Guido

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici - Impacts on Soil and Coasts Division (CMCC-ISC)

Paola Mercogliano

Fondazione CMCC

Date Written: April 5, 2015

Abstract

Stochastic disaggregation model, based on coupling of the modified version of the Bartlett-Lewis Rectangular Pulse stochastic rainfall model and proportional adjusting procedure, is shown to disaggregate daily observed precipitation to hourly scale. Furthermore synthetic hourly time series are generated.This model requires the identification of a set of parameters that allow to reproduce, as well as possible, the statistical properties of the observed precipitation. The identification is formulated as a global optimization problem. A comparison between observed and modeled statistics of the precipitation time series is presented for the weather station of San Martino Valle Caudina (Southern Italy).

Keywords: Calibration, Optimization, Rainfall Disaggregation, Subdaily Precipitation, Temporal Downscaling, Synthetic Time Series Generation

Suggested Citation

Villani, Veronica and Di Serafino, Daniela and Guido, Rianna and Mercogliano, Paola, Stochastic Models for the Disaggregation of Precipitation Time Series on Sub-Daily Scale: Identification of Parameters by Global Optimization (April 5, 2015). CMCC Research Paper No. RP0256, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2602889 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2602889

Veronica Villani (Contact Author)

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Daniela Di Serafino

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Rianna Guido

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici - Impacts on Soil and Coasts Division (CMCC-ISC) ( email )

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Paola Mercogliano

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