Analyzing monthly extreme sea levels with a time-dependent GEV model

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 894-911

  Méndez, Fernando J ^a   Menéndez, Melisa ^a   Luceño, Alberto ^a   Losada, Inigo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIDE GAGES;

GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIDE GAGES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL MODELING; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250346105     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2009.1     Document Type: Article

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