Multivariate return period calculation via survival functions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2308-2311

  Salvadori, G ^a   Durante, F ^b   De Michele, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

copulas; multivariate design; multivariate return period; survival function

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

COPULAS; ENGINEERING WORKS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE DESIGN; RETURN PERIODS; SURVIVAL COPULAS; SURVIVAL FUNCTION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84877992026     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20204     Document Type: Article

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