Copulas-Based Drought Evolution Characteristics and Risk Evaluation in a Typical Arid and Semi-Arid Region

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1489-1503

  Huang, Shengzhi ^a,b   Huang, Qiang ^a,b   Chang, Jianxia ^a,b   Chen, Yutong ^a,b   Xing, Li ^c   Xie, Yangyang ^a,b  

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

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copula; Drought evolution characteristics; Drought risk assessment; The Bayesian copula selection method; The Wei River Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARID REGIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

COPULA; DROUGHT RISKS; EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS; SELECTION METHODS; WEI RIVER;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84925505773     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0889-3     Document Type: Article

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