Flood Coincidence Risk Analysis Using Multivariate Copula Functions

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 742-755

  Chen, Lu ^a,b   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Shenglian, Guo ^a   Hao, Zenchao ^b   Li, Tianyuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence risk; Copula function; Upper Colorado River; Upper Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; COINCIDENCE PROBABILITIES; COLORADO RIVER; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; COPULA FUNCTIONS; FLOOD FLOW; FLOOD PEAK; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; RETURN PERIODS; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; UPPER YANGTZE RIVER; VON MISES DISTRIBUTION;

FLOOD CONTROL; RIVERS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84862130772     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000504     Document Type: Article

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