Probabilistic assessment of flood risks using trivariate copulas

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 341-360

  Ganguli, Poulomi ^a   Reddy, M Janga ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROGRAPH; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DELAWARE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871933310     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0664-4     Document Type: Article

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