Hydrological Drought Analysis in Namhan River Basin, Korea
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 19, Issue 8
Abstract
Analysis and forecasting of droughts are important for water resources management. The objective of this study is to analyze hydrological droughts using the joint drought probability distribution derived from the copula theory and analyze drought return periods upstream of Namhan River in the upper Han River basin, Korea. Results of the study shows that the severest drought that occurred from 1981 to 1982 has a 110-year return period.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (KRF-2009-220-D00104) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST; No.2011-0028564).
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Volume 19 • Issue 8 • August 2014
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Received: Jan 24, 2013
Accepted: Aug 1, 2013
Published online: Aug 3, 2013
Published in print: Aug 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Oct 6, 2014
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