Multivariate hydrological frequency analysis using copulas

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Favre, Anne Catherine ^a   Adlouni, Salaheddine El ^a   Perreault, Luc ^b   Thiémonge, Nathalie ^b   Bobée, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivariate distribution; Copulas; Extreme values; Frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE EXTREME VALUES;

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROLOGY; MODELING; PEAK FLOW;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAK FLOW;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; RIMOUSKI RIVER;

EID: 2542594763     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002456     Document Type: Article

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