A copula-based joint deficit index for droughts

31 Mar 2010 | Publications | Contributor(s): Rao S Govindaraju

Current drought information is based on indices that do not capture the joint behaviors of hydrologic variables. To address this limitation, the potential of copulas in characterizing droughts from …

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A spatio-temporal drought analysis for the Midwestern US

15 Jun 2009 | Publications | Contributor(s): Rao S Govindaraju, Dev Niyogi

Droughts are prolonged abnormalities of moisture deficits that vary widely across temporal and spatial scales. Many hydrometeorologic variables are used to monitor the status of a drought. However, …

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