Multivariate flood risk analysis for Wei River

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 225-242

  Xu, Ye ^a   Huang, Guohe ^b   Fan, Yurui ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copula; Flood frequency analysis; Flood risk; MLE; MOM

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COPULA; DECISION SUPPORTS; FACILITY DESIGNS; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISKS; HYDROLOGIC RISK; JOINT RETURN PERIOD;

FLOODS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISCHARGE; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; SHAANXI; WEI RIVER; XIANYANG;

EID: 84949955554     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-015-1196-0     Document Type: Article

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