Fitting bivariate copulas to the dependence structure between storm characteristics: A detailed analysis,basedon 105 year 10 min rainfall

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Vandenberghe, S ^a   Verhoest, N E C ^a   De Baets, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; DEPENDENCE STRUCTURES; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FLEXIBLE TOOL; GOODNESS OF FIT; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; STORM VARIABLES; TAIL DEPENDENCE;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STORMS;

RAIN;

EID: 77953929911     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007857     Document Type: Article

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