The copula function-based probability characteristics analysis on seasonal drought and flood combination events on the north China plain

Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 847-869

  Mu, Wenbin ^a,b   Yu, Fuliang ^a   Xie, Yuebo ^b   Liu, Jia ^a   Li, Chuanzhe ^a,c   Zhao, Nana ^d  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

DFCEs; L moments; Precipitation data; Probability; The copula function; The NCP

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FOOD SUPPLY; PROBABILITY; WATER RESOURCES;

COPULA FUNCTIONS; DFCES; L-MOMENTS; PRECIPITATION DATA; THE NCP;

FLOODS;

DROUGHT; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84919711312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos5040847     Document Type: Article

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