Copulas and Its Application in Hydrology and Water Resources

Dr. CHEN Lu is an Associate Professor (11/2015–present) Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. She holds the Ph.D. in Hydrology and water resources from Wuhan University. Her Research Interests include:-Copula-based modelling;-Entropy-based modeling;-Stochastic modeling;-Streamflow forecasting;-Hydrology modelling; Her research projects include:-Risk analysis of multi-reservoir flood control operation considering multiple uncertainties (financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China)-Design flood and risk analysis for Cascade reservoir systems. (financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China)-Flood coincidence risk analysis in cascade reservoir systems and its impact on downstream area. (financially supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hubei province) Professor GUO Shenglian is a professor at Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Wuhan University. Since 2005, he is Vice Governor, People’s Government of Hubei Province.

Introduction.- Copula function.- Copula-based seasonal design flood calculation.- Drought analysis using copulas.- Copula-based flood coincidence risk analysis.- Copula-based multi-site streamflow simulation.- Copula-based forecast uncertainty evolution model for flood risk analysis.- Copula entropy.- Determination of input for Artificial Neural Networks for flood forecasting using the copula entropy method.- Measures of correlations among rivers using copula entropy.