Application of Archimedean copulas in the analysis of the precipitation extremes: Effects of precipitation changes

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Li, Jianfeng ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855591030     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0476-y     Document Type: Article

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