A stochastic differential equation model for assessing drought and flood risks

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 725-733

  Unami, Koichi ^a   Abagale, Felix Kofi ^b   Yangyuoru, Macarius ^c   Badiul Alam, Abul Hasan M ^a   Kranjac Berisavljevic, Gordana ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Backward Kolmogorov equation; Dry spell; Ghana; Mean reverting Ornstein Uhlenbeck process; Point rainfall

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; DIRICHLET PROBLEM; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; DRY SPELLS; FLOOD RISKS; HIGH INTENSITY; HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; KOLMOGOROV EQUATIONS; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NEW CONCEPT; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORNSTEIN-UHLENBECK PROCESS; POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFED; STOCHASTIC CALCULUS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DROUGHT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DROUGHT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RAINGAUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; STORM;

GHANA;

EID: 77955049299     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-009-0359-2     Document Type: Article

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