A model for extreme wind gusts

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

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 499-508

  Walshaw, David ^a   Anderson, Clive W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme values; Mean speeds; Peaks over thresholds; Return levels; Wind gusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039768819     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00208     Document Type: Article

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