Catchment compatibility via copulas: A non-parametric study of the dependence structures of hydrological responses

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-133

  Grimaldi, S ^a   Petroselli, A ^a   Salvadori, G ^b   De Michele, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catchment compatibility; Copula; Non parametric test; Rainfall runoff transformation

Indexed keywords

FLASH MEMORY; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL TESTING;

COPULA; DEGREE OF COMPATIBILITY; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NON-PARAMETRIC STUDIES; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF TRANSFORMATION;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

EID: 84960540458     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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