Markov chain models for extreme wind speeds

Environmetrics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 795-809

  Fawcett, Lee ^a   Walshaw, David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Clusters; Extreme value theory; Markov chain models; Temporal dependence; Wind speeds

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33750206176     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.794     Document Type: Article

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