Applying a Bayesian network based on Gaussian copulas to model the hydraulic boundary conditions for hurricane flood risk analysis in a coastal watershed

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 42-50

  Sebastian, A ^a,b   Dupuits, E J C ^b   Morales Napoles O ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Compound flooding; Copula; Flood risk; Storm surge; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GAGES; HAZARDS; HURRICANES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; COPULA; CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION; FLOOD RISKS; NEARSHORE WAVE MODELS; NON-PARAMETRIC BAYESIAN; STORM SURGES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FLOODS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HURRICANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018522929     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.03.008     Document Type: Article

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