Characterization of Precipitation through Copulas and Expert Judgement for Risk Assessment of Infrastructure
| Autor: | L Abspoel, O. Morales Napoles, D Worm, W.M.G. Courage, Dominik Paprotny |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Rain gauge 0208 environmental biotechnology Copula (linguistics) Tail dependence Climate change 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction Bivariate analysis 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Gumbel distribution Statistics Econometrics Precipitation Safety Risk Reliability and Quality 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Civil and Structural Engineering Mathematics Rank correlation |
| Zdroj: | ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 3(4) |
| ISSN: | 2376-7642 |
| DOI: | 10.1061/ajrua6.0000914 |
| Popis: | In this paper two methodologies are investigated that contribute to better assessment of risks related to extreme rainfall events. Firstly, one-parameter bivariate copulas are used to analyze rain gauge data in the Netherlands. Out of three models considered, the Gumbel copula, which indicates upper tail dependence, represents the data most accurately for all 33 stations in the Netherlands. Seasonal variability is noticeable, with rank correlation reaching maximum in winter and minimum in summer as well as other temporal and spatial patterns. Secondly, an expert judgment elicitation was undertaken. The experts’ opinions were combined using Cooke’s classical method in order to obtain estimates of future changes in precipitation patterns. Experts predicted mostly an approximate 10% increase in rain amount, duration, intensity and the dependence between amount and duration. The results were in line with official national climate change scenarios, based on numerical modelling. Applicability of both methods was presented based on an example of an existing tunnel in the Netherlands, contributing to better estimates of the tunnel’s limit state function and therefore the probability of failure. |
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