Copula-based evaluations of drought variations in Guangdong, South China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1533-1546

  Liu, Chun Ling ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^b   Singh, Vijay P ^c   Cui, Ying ^b  

^a Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulas functions; Guangdong Province; Probability behaviors; Risk evaluation of hazards; SPI based droughts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 80255137522     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9850-4     Document Type: Article

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