Copulas and their Applications in Water Resources Engineering

Illustration of copula theory with detailed real-world case study examples in the fields of hydrology and water resources engineering.

Lan Zhang (Author), V. P. Singh (Author)

9781108474252, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 January 2019

616 pages, 177 b/w illus. 2 colour illus. 4 maps
25.3 x 17.8 x 3.2 cm, 1.37 kg

Complex environmental and hydrological processes are characterized by more than one correlated random variable. These events are multivariate and their treatment requires multivariate frequency analysis. Traditional analysis methods are, however, too restrictive and do not apply in many cases. Recent years have therefore witnessed numerous applications of copulas to multivariate hydrologic frequency analyses. This book describes the basic concepts of copulas, and outlines current trends and developments in copula methodology and applications. It includes an accessible discussion of the methods alongside simple step-by-step sample calculations. Detailed case studies with real-world data are included, and are organized based on applications, such as flood frequency analysis and water quality analysis. Illustrating how to apply the copula method to multivariate frequency analysis, engineering design, and risk and uncertainty analysis, this book is ideal for researchers, professionals and graduate students in hydrology and water resources engineering.

1. Introduction
2. Preliminaries
3. Copulas and their properties
4. Symmetric Archimedean copulas
5. Asymmetric copulas: high dimension
6. Plackett copula
7. Non-Archimedean copulas: meta-elliptical copulas
8. Entropic copulas
9. Copulas in time series analysis
10. Rainfall frequency analysis
11. Flood frequency analysis
12. Water quality analysis
13. Drought analysis
14. Compound extremes
15. Network design
16. Suspended sediment yield analysis
17. Inter-basin transfer
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Drought & water supply [RNFD], Environmental management [RNF], The environment [RN], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Earth sciences [RB]