| BL.sim {BLRPM} | R Documentation |
Simulating storms and cells
Description
Bartlett-Lewis Rectangular Pulse Model
Usage
BL.sim(lambda = 4/240, gamma = 1/10, beta = 0.3, eta = 2, mux = 4,
t.sim = 240)
Arguments
lambda |
value specifying the generation rate of storms [1/h] |
gamma |
value specifying the storm duration [1/h] |
beta |
value specifying the generation rate of cells [1/h] |
eta |
value specifying the cell duration [1/h] |
mux |
value specifying the cell intensity [mm/h] |
t.sim |
value specifying the simulation time [h] |
Details
Model description (Rodriguez-Iturbe et al., 1987):
The model is a combination of 2 poisson processes and simulates storms and cells. During the given simulation time storms are generated in a poisson process with rate lambda. Those storms are given a exponetially distributed duration with parameter gamma. During its duration the storm generates in a second poisson process cells with rate beta. The first cell has to be instantaneous at the time of the storm arrival. The cell duration is exponentially distributed with parameter eta. For the whole lifetime each cell is given a constant intensity which is exponentially distributed with parameter 1/mux.
Aggregation:
The intensities of all cells alive at time t are summed up for total precipitation at time t.
Parameter estimation:
The model parameters (lambda,gamma,beta,eta,mux) can be estimated from simulated or
observed precipitation time series using the method of moments. Certain moments, e.g. mean, variance
can be calculated from the time series at different aggregation levels. These moments
can also be calculated theoretically from model parameters. Both sets of statistics can be
compared in an objective function, similar to a squared error estimator. By numerical optimization
the model parameters can be tuned to match the time series characteristics.
BL.sim generates model realisations of storms and cells by using given model
parameters lambda,gamma,beta,eta,mux for a given simulation time t.sim
Value
BL.sim returns storms; data.frame of all storms containing information about occurence time, end time and number of cells
BL.sim returns cells; data.frame of all cells containing information about occurence time, end time, intensity and storm index
Author(s)
Christoph Ritschel christoph.ritschel@met.fu-berlin.de
Examples
lambda <- 4/240
gamma <- 1/10
beta <- 0.3
eta <- 2
mux <- 4
t.sim <- 240
simulation <- BL.sim(lambda,gamma,beta,eta,mux,t.sim)