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Analysis of rainfall records: possible relation to self-organized criticality

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  • Andrade, R.F.S.
  • Schellnhuber, H.J.
  • Claussen, M.

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The hypothesis that rainfall might be a case of self-organized critical dynamics is tested using long-term data sets from weather stations around the world. It is found that the distribution of droughts in semi-arid regions obeys indeed a clear-cut power law. The statistics for rain intensity, on the other hand, exhibits two distinct scaling regimes.

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  • Andrade, R.F.S. & Schellnhuber, H.J. & Claussen, M., 1998. "Analysis of rainfall records: possible relation to self-organized criticality," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 254(3), pages 557-568.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:254:y:1998:i:3:p:557-568
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00057-0
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