A review of methods to calculate extreme wind speeds

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-132

  Palutikof, J P ^a   Brabson, B B ^b   Lister, D H ^a   Adcock, S T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARETO PRINCIPLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL MAXIMA; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; EXTREME WIND SPEED; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV) DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; GEV DISTRIBUTIONS; PEAK OVER THRESHOLD; STANDARD ERRORS;

WIND;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0000426794     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799001103     Document Type: Article

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