Issues in generating stochastic observables for hydrological models

K Beven - Hydrological Processes, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a historical review and critique of stochastic generating models for
hydrological observables, from early generation of monthly discharge series, through flood …

Encoding daily rainfall records via adaptations of the fractal multifractal method

ML Maskey, CE Puente, B Sivakumar… - … Research and Risk …, 2016 - Springer
A deterministic geometric approach, the fractal–multifractal (FM) method, already found
useful in modeling storm events, is adapted here in order to encode, for the first time, highly …

Temporal downscaling rainfall and streamflow records through a deterministic fractal geometric approach

ML Maskey, CE Puente, B Sivakumar - Journal of hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
A deterministic geometric approach, the fractal-multifractal (FM) method, is proposed to
temporally downscale (disaggregate) rainfall and streamflow records. The applicability of the …

A physical interpretation of the deterministic fractal–multifractal method as a realization of a generalized multiplicative cascade

A Cortis, CE Puente, HH Huang, ML Maskey… - … research and risk …, 2014 - Springer
In this study, we attempt to offer a solid physical basis for the deterministic fractal–multifractal
(FM) approach in geophysics (Puente, Phys Let A 161: 441–447, 1992; J Hydrol 187: 65–80 …

A universe of projections: may Plato be right?

CE Puente - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2004 - Elsevier
A deterministic geometric procedure, yielding a multitude of interesting patterns as
projections of simple multifractal measures supported by the graphs of fractal interpolating …

Geometric harnessing of precipitation records: reexamining four storms from Iowa City

HH Huang, CE Puente, A Cortis - Stochastic Environmental Research and …, 2013 - Springer
Complex geometries often present in hydrologic data sets such as precipitation records
have been difficult to model in their totality using classical stochastic methods. In recent …

An effective inversion strategy for fractal–multifractal encoding of a storm in Boston

HH Huang, CE Puente, A Cortis, JLF Martínez - Journal of hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrologic data sets such as precipitation records typically feature complex geometries that
are difficult to represent as a whole using classical stochastic methods. In recent years, we …

A deterministic geometric representation of temporal rainfall: sensitivity analysis for a storm in Boston

N Obregón, B Sivakumar, CE Puente - Journal of Hydrology, 2002 - Elsevier
In an earlier study, Puente and Obregón [Water Resour. Res. 32 (1996) 2825] reported on
the usage of a deterministic fractal–multifractal (FM) methodology to faithfully describe an …

A deterministic width function model

CE Puente, B Sivakumar - Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2003 - npg.copernicus.org
Use of a deterministic fractal-multifractal (FM) geometric method to model width functions of
natural river networks, as derived distributions of simple multifractal measures via fractal …

Nonlinear extensions of a fractal–multifractal approach for environmental modeling

A Cortis, CE Puente, B Sivakumar - Stochastic Environmental Research …, 2009 - Springer
We present the extension of a deterministic fractal geometric procedure aimed at
representing the complexity of patterns encountered in environmental applications. The …