Copulas-based probabilistic characterization of the combination of dry and wet conditions in the Guanzhong Plain, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PD, 2014, Pages 3204-3213

  Huang, Shengzhi ^a,b   Hou, Beibei ^c   Chang, Jianxia ^a,b   Huang, Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Yutong ^a,b  

^a State Key Laboratory Base of Eco Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copula; Drought and flood; Joint probability; The Bayesian copula selection method; The cross wavelet analysis; The Guanzhong plain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; STATISTICAL TESTS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

COPULA; CROSS-WAVELET ANALYSIS; JOINT PROBABILITY; SELECTION METHODS; THE GUANZHONG PLAIN;

PROBABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI;

EID: 84918826445     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.039     Document Type: Article

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