Simulation and extremal analysis of hurricane events

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-245

  Casson, E ^a   Coles, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme values; Hurricanes; Simulation; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034366233     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00189     Document Type: Article

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