Bayesian modelling of extreme surges on the UK east coast

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1831, 2005, Pages 1387-1406

  Coles, Stuart ^a   Tawn, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Extreme values; Floods; Surge

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444445496     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1574     Document Type: Review

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