A hierarchical model for extreme wind speeds

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

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 631-646

  Fawcett, Lee ^a   Walshaw, David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme value theory; Generalized Pareto distribution; Hierarchical model; Markov chain; Wind speeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750224092     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2006.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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