The Urban Developer Plugin uses a default diurnal pattern based on Roberts et al. (2005) to vary the probability of water use events occurring throughout the day.
The daily diurnal pattern contains regular (periodic) time series data and is used by the Average and Behavioural Water Use nodes to disaggregate total daily demand into sub-daily values. The time series provided must be equi-spaced.
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The Average and Behavioural Water Use nodes use the diurnal pattern to disaggregate total daily demand into sub-daily values.
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