Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study
The case study aims at selecting optimal bivariate copula models of the relationships between flood peaks and flood volumes from a regional perspective with a particular focus on flood generation processes. Besides the traditional approach that deals with the annual maxima of flood events, the curre...
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doaj-962eca03db3446db9efe54d09f8ab7c92020-11-25T03:54:17ZengEarth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SlovakiaContributions to Geophysics and Geodesy1338-05402016-12-0146424526810.1515/congeo-2016-0015155Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case studySilvia KOHNOVÁ0Ladislav GAÁL1Tomáš BACIGÁL2Ján SZOLGAY3Kamila HLAVČOVÁ4Peter VALENT5Juraj PARAJKA6Günter BLÖSCHL7Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Land and Water Resources ManagementSlovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Land and Water Resources ManagementSlovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Descriptive GeometrySlovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Land and Water Resources ManagementSlovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Land and Water Resources ManagementSlovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Land and Water Resources ManagementVienna University of Technology, Institute for Hydraulic and Water Resources EngineeringVienna University of Technology, Institute for Hydraulic and Water Resources EngineeringThe case study aims at selecting optimal bivariate copula models of the relationships between flood peaks and flood volumes from a regional perspective with a particular focus on flood generation processes. Besides the traditional approach that deals with the annual maxima of flood events, the current analysis also includes all independent flood events. The target region is located in the northwest of Austria; it consists of 69 small and mid-sized catchments. On the basis of the hourly runoff data from the period 1976– 2007, independent flood events were identified and assigned to one of the following three types of flood categories: synoptic floods, flash floods and snowmelt floods. Flood events in the given catchment are considered independent when they originate from different synoptic situations. Nine commonly-used copula types were fitted to the flood peak – flood volume pairs at each site. In this step, two databases were used: i) a process-based selection of all the independent flood events (three data samples at each catchment) and ii) the annual maxima of the flood peaks and the respective flood volumes regardless of the flood processes (one data sample per catchment). The goodness-of-fit of the nine copula types was examined on a regional basis throughout all the catchments. It was concluded that (1) the copula models for the flood processes are discernible locally; (2) the Clayton copula provides an unacceptable performance for all three processes as well as in the case of the annual maxima; (3) the rejection of the other copula types depends on the flood type and the sample size; (4) there are differences in the copulas with the best fits: for synoptic and flash floods, the best performance is associated with the extreme value copulas; for snowmelt floods, the Frank copula fits the best.https://journal.geo.sav.sk/cgg/article/view/155process-type flood classification, regional analysis, flood peaks, flood volumes, suitability of copula models |
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Silvia KOHNOVÁ Ladislav GAÁL Tomáš BACIGÁL Ján SZOLGAY Kamila HLAVČOVÁ Peter VALENT Juraj PARAJKA Günter BLÖSCHL Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy process-type flood classification, regional analysis, flood peaks, flood volumes, suitability of copula models |
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Silvia KOHNOVÁ Ladislav GAÁL Tomáš BACIGÁL Ján SZOLGAY Kamila HLAVČOVÁ Peter VALENT Juraj PARAJKA Günter BLÖSCHL |
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Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study |
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Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study |
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Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study |
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Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study |
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Process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in Northwest Austria: a case study |
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process-based selection of copula types for flood peak-volume relationships in northwest austria: a case study |
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Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia |
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Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy |
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1338-0540 |
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2016-12-01 |
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The case study aims at selecting optimal bivariate copula models of the
relationships between flood peaks and flood volumes from a regional perspective with a
particular focus on flood generation processes. Besides the traditional approach that deals
with the annual maxima of flood events, the current analysis also includes all independent
flood events. The target region is located in the northwest of Austria; it consists of 69 small
and mid-sized catchments. On the basis of the hourly runoff data from the period 1976–
2007, independent flood events were identified and assigned to one of the following three
types of flood categories: synoptic floods, flash floods and snowmelt floods. Flood events
in the given catchment are considered independent when they originate from different
synoptic situations. Nine commonly-used copula types were fitted to the flood peak –
flood volume pairs at each site. In this step, two databases were used: i) a process-based
selection of all the independent flood events (three data samples at each catchment) and
ii) the annual maxima of the flood peaks and the respective flood volumes regardless of
the flood processes (one data sample per catchment). The goodness-of-fit of the nine
copula types was examined on a regional basis throughout all the catchments. It was
concluded that (1) the copula models for the flood processes are discernible locally; (2)
the Clayton copula provides an unacceptable performance for all three processes as well as
in the case of the annual maxima; (3) the rejection of the other copula types depends on
the flood type and the sample size; (4) there are differences in the copulas with the best
fits: for synoptic and flash floods, the best performance is associated with the extreme
value copulas; for snowmelt floods, the Frank copula fits the best. |
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process-type flood classification, regional analysis, flood peaks, flood volumes, suitability of copula models |
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https://journal.geo.sav.sk/cgg/article/view/155 |
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