Multivariate statistical modelling of compound events via pair-copula constructions: Analysis of floods in Ravenna (Italy)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2701-2723

  Bevacqua, Emanuele ^a   Maraun, Douglas ^a   Hobæk Haff, Ingrid ^b   Widmann, Martin ^c   Vrac, Mathieu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEVELOPED MODEL; MULTIVARIATE EXTREMES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL MODELLING; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE MODELING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STORM SURGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA];

EID: 85020479650     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-2701-2017     Document Type: Article

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