Modeling dependence between extreme rainfall and storm surge to estimate coastal flooding risk

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2050-2071

  Zheng, Feifei ^a   Westra, Seth ^a   Leonard, Michael ^a   Sisson, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

asymptotic dependence; dependence; flood risk; statistical models

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

ASYMPTOTIC DEPENDENCE; COASTAL FLOOD RISKS; COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; DEPENDENCE; EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY; FLOOD RISKS; STRONG DEPENDENCES; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

FLOODS;

EID: 84895417307     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014616     Document Type: Article

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