Multivariate Copula Analysis Toolbox (MvCAT): Describing dependence and underlying uncertainty using a Bayesian framework

Water Resources Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 5166-5183

  Sadegh, Mojtaba ^a,b   Ragno, Elisa ^a   AghaKouchak, Amir ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

copula; dependence analysis; drought; flood frequency; MCMC; uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COPULA; DEPENDENCE ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; LOCAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MCMC; MULTIVARIATE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85020553364     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR020242     Document Type: Article

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