Data for "Multifractal comparison of reflectivity and polarimetric rainfall data from C- and X-band radars and respective hydrological responses of a complex catchment model"

The data files arranged here correspond to the data used in the paper: “Multifractal comparison of reflectivity and polarimetric rainfall data from C- and X-band radars and respective hydrological responses of a complex catchment model”, submitted to Water.

The data organized as follows:

• Data_type_20150912_time_steps.mat: the rainfall data for 3 different products of the X-band radar (FIR filter, a=200, b=1.6; FIR filter, a=150, b=1.3; simple filter, a=150, b=1.3) for the event of 12-13 September 2015, over an area of 64 km x 64 km.
• Data_type_Event_time_steps.mat: X-band radar data (FIR filter, a=150, b=1.3) for the events of 16 September 2015 and 5-6 October 2015, over an area of 64 km x 64 km.
• Sub-catchment_name_Data_type_Event.txt: the rainfall series for each of 26 sub-catchments of the model, for 3 different types of rainfall data (C-band, X-band and rain gauges) for the events of 12-13 September 2015, 16 September 2015 and 5-6 October 2015.
• X-band_Pixels_Event.txt: the rainfall series for all 6 X-band radar pixels corresponding to the 6 rain gauges for the 3 studied events (12-13 September 2015, 16 September 2015, and 5-6 October 2015).
• X-Band_Optim 20150916_Measurement_point_name.txt: flow simulated at each of the 4 measurement points with X-band data for the 16 September 2015 event, with the implementation of the tool mimicking the regulation optimization.
• Data_type_Event_Measurement_point_name.txt: flow simulated at each of the 4 measurement points with 3 different types of rainfall data (C-band, X-band and rain gauges) for the 3 studied events (12-13 September 2015, 16 September 2015, and 5-6 October 2015), without the implementation of the tool mimicking the regulation optimization.

The original C-band radar data remains property of Météo-France and was provided to the authors for this research study, without any possibility of data disclosure.

The details on how the rainfall series were generated over each sub-catchment could be found in the paper.

The authors greatly acknowledge partial financial supports of the Chair “Hydrology for resilient cities” endowed by Veolia, and of the Department of Science and Technology of the Brazilian Army. The authors are thankful to M Bernard Urban (Météo-France) for providing access to the C-band radar data and documentation in the framework of the INTERREG NWE RainGain project.