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Table 6 Comparison of RMSE and AIC values for joint distributions through different copulas

From: Bivariate hydrologic risk analysis for the Xiangxi River in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China

Copula

RSME

AIC

Peak-volume

Peak-duration

Volume-duration

Peak-volume

Peak-duration

Volume-duration

Ali-Mikhail-Haq

0.0610

0.0514

0.0707

− 277.6384

− 294.7895

− 262.9122

Cook-Johnson

0.0665

0.2907

0.0873

− 269.0263

− 121.5381

− 241.8286

Gumbel-Hougaard

0.0312

0.0550

0.0589

− 344.8576

− 288.0178

− 281.1828

Frank

0.0304

0.0541

0.0559

− 347.4879

− 289.7032

− 286.3915