Trivariate Frequency Analyses of Peak Discharge, Hydrograph Volume and Suspended Sediment Concentration Data Using Copulas

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2195-2212

  Bezak, Nejc ^a   Mikoš, Matjaž ^a   Šraj, Mojca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric copulas; Flood frequency analysis; Multivariate analysis; Suspended sediments; Symmetric copulas

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FUNCTIONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ASYMMETRIC COPULAS; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SYMMETRIC COPULAS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAK DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SLOVENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900993206     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0606-2     Document Type: Article

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