Bivariate flood frequency analysis with historical information based on copula

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1018-1030

  Li, Tianyuan ^a   Guo, Shenglian ^a   Chen, Lu ^a   Guo, Jiali ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bivariate analysis; Copula function; Historical floods; Modified inference functions for margins

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; COPULA FUNCTIONS; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL FLOODS; INFERENCE FUNCTIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS METHODS; MULTIVARIATE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

FLOOD CONTROL; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

EID: 84881357049     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000684     Document Type: Article

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