Using copulas in hydrology: Benefits, cautions, and issues

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-393

  Dupuis, Debbie J ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Data analysis; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

BIVARIATE APPROACH; COPULA APPROACH; LOW-FLOW EVENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

COPULATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM WAVE; SIMULATION; THRESHOLD;

EID: 34347387958     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:4(381)     Document Type: Article

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