Research Article

Evaluating the Dependence between Temperature and Precipitation to Better Estimate the Risks of Concurrent Extreme Weather Events

Table 1

List of copula members used in this study.

Copula nameCopula formula

Gaussian , ρ is the linear correlation, and is the normal standardized function.
Student , ρ is the linear correlation coefficient, and t−1 is the inverse cumulative distribution function (CDF) for Student’s t-distribution with degree of freedom.
Gumbel, where θ measures the dependency between u and .
Clayton, where θ measures the dependency between u and .
Frank, where θ measures the dependency between u and .