Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Hydroclimatology

Introduction.- Basic concepts of Probability and Statistics.- Basic Statistical Properties of Data.- Probability Distributions and Their Applications.- Frequency Analysis, Risk and Uncertainty in Hydroclimatic Analysis.- Hypothesis Testing.- Regression Analysis and Curve fitting.- Multivariate Analysis.- Time Series Analysis.- Theory of Copula in Hydrology and Hydroclimatology.

Dr. Rajib Maity is the AK Singh Chair faculty of IIT Kharagpur and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. His research areas include hydroclimatology, stochastic hydrology, climate impacts on water resources, hydrologic time series analyses and forecasting etc. He has published a book, several book chapters, and over 135 research articles in various peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His research work has been funded by various agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) and IBM. Some of his professional awards/honors include AK Singh Chair faculty, Humboldt Fellowship (experienced category) from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), James Rennell MoES Young Fellowship (MoES), the Prof. R. J. Garde Research Award, ASCE 2011 Outstanding Reviewer (USA), Emerging Leaders Fellowship (Australia), BOYSCAST Fellowship (India/USA), IEI Young Engineers Award, DAAD fellowship for IIT faculty (Germany), International ICE WaRM Fellowship (Australia), and Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Memorial Gold Medal, IISc.