Entropy-based method for bivariate drought analysis

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 780-786

  Hao, Z ^a   Singh, V P ^a,b  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Copula; Drought analysis; Entropy theory; Joint distribution; Principle of maximum entropy

Indexed keywords

COPULA; DROUGHT ANALYSIS; ENTROPY THEORY; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY;

HYDROLOGY;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; DROUGHT; ENTROPY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

BRAZOS RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881342701     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000621     Document Type: Article

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