Trivariate statistical analysis of extreme rainfall events via the Plackett family of copulas

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kao, Shih Chieh ^a   Govindaraju, Rao S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIVARIATE LEVEL; DEPENDENCE MODEL;

RAIN;

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149133233     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006261     Document Type: Article

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