DocumentCode
49966
Title
Spatial correlation of rainfall over Europe investigated through statistical dependence index
Author
Luini, Lorenzo ; Capsoni, Carlo
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Volume
49
Issue
3
fYear
2013
fDate
Jan. 31 2013
Firstpage
230
Lastpage
231
Abstract
The spatial correlation of rainfall over Europe is investigated. A full year of 1 km × 1 km composite rain maps, collected by the British NIMROD weather radar network over an area as wide as 1000 km × 600 km, is used to calculate the rain rate statistical dependence index χ for separation distances D up to 1000 km. The average trend of χ with distance derived from NIMROD rain maps is compared with the findings obtained from rainfall data collected in Italy and Spain in previous work, with the aim of extending the assessment of the rainfall spatial correlation to continental scale. Results indicate that the average decorrelation trend of χ tends to be similar throughout Europe.
Keywords
meteorological radar; rain; British NIMROD weather radar network; Europe; Italy; NIMROD rain maps; Spain; average decorrelation trend; composite rain maps; continental scale; rain rate statistical dependence index; rainfall data; rainfall spatial correlation; separation distances;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2012.3985
Filename
6457589
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