Bivariate frequency analysis of floods using copulas

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1549-1564

  Shiau, Jenq Tzong ^a   Wang, Hsin Yi ^b   Tsai, Chang Tai ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flooding; Frequency analysis; Probability distribution; Return period; Risk assessment; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY;

FLOODS;

FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JHUOSHUEI RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846499625     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb06020.x     Document Type: Article

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