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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2705-2715, 2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2705-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Volume 22, issue 5
Technical note
07 May 2018
Technical note: Space–time analysis of rainfall extremes in Italy: clues from a reconciled dataset
Andrea Libertino, Daniele Ganora, and Pierluigi Claps Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Received: 22 Dec 2017 – Discussion started: 08 Jan 2018
Revised: 17 Apr 2018 – Accepted: 22 Apr 2018 – Published: 07 May 2018
Abstract. Like other Mediterranean areas, Italy is prone to the development of events with significant rainfall intensity, lasting for several hours. The main triggering mechanisms of these events are quite well known, but the aim of developing rainstorm hazard maps compatible with their actual probability of occurrence is still far from being reached. A systematic frequency analysis of these occasional highly intense events would require a complete countrywide dataset of sub-daily rainfall records, but this kind of information was still lacking for the Italian territory. In this work several sources of data are gathered, for assembling the first comprehensive and updated dataset of extreme rainfall of short duration in Italy. The resulting dataset, referred to as the Italian Rainfall Extreme Dataset (I-RED), includes the annual maximum rainfalls recorded in 1 to 24 consecutive hours from more than 4500 stations across the country, spanning the period between 1916 and 2014. A detailed description of the spatial and temporal coverage of the I-RED is presented, together with an exploratory statistical analysis aimed at providing preliminary information on the climatology of extreme rainfall at the national scale. Due to some legal restrictions, the database can be provided only under certain conditions. Taking into account the potentialities emerging from the analysis, a description of the ongoing and planned future work activities on the database is provided.
Citation: Libertino, A., Ganora, D., and Claps, P.: Technical note: Space–time analysis of rainfall extremes in Italy: clues from a reconciled dataset, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2705-2715, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2705-2018, 2018.
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A new comprehensive dataset of annual maximum rainfall depths recorded in 1 to 24 consecutive hours in Italy is presented. More than 4500 stations are considered, spanning the period between 1916 and 2014. For the first time, a national dataset of annual maxima allows for an updated characterization of rainstorms in Italy, getting rid of the regional borders. The spatio-temporal analyses of the highest rainstorms represent a robust starting point for the assessment of the extreme rainfall risk.
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