Spatial Pattern Characterization and Multivariate Hydrological Frequency Analysis of Extreme Precipitation in the Pearl River Basin, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3619-3637

  Zhao, Lingling ^a,d   Xia, Jun ^a   Sobkowiak, Leszek ^b   Wang, Zhonggen ^a   Guo, Fengrui ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c The Haihe Water Conservation Commission of China's Ministry of Water Resources   (China)

^d Puyang Municipal Bureau of Water Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Copula theory; Flood management; Pearl River Basin; Rainfall extreme; Regional frequency; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

COPULA THEORY; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; PEARL RIVER BASIN; RAINFALL EXTREMES; REGIONAL FREQUENCY; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84865475476     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0094-1     Document Type: Article

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