Bivariate Assessment of Drought Return Periods and Frequency in Brazilian Northeast Using Joint Distribution by Copula Method

Bivariate Assessment of Drought Return Periods and Frequency in Brazilian Northeast Using Joint Distribution by Copula Method

The Northeast region of Brazil (NRB) is the most populous semiarid area in the world and is extremely susceptible to droughts. The severity and duration of these droughts depend on several factors, and they do not necessarily follow the same behavior. The aim of this work is to evaluate the frequenc...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Lins da Rocha Júnior, Fabrício Daniel dos Santos Silva, Rafaela Lisboa Costa, Heliofábio Barros Gomes, David Duarte Cavalcante Pinto, Dirceu Luis Herdies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
meteorological drought analysis
Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)
archimedean copulas
probability distributions
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/4/135

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