Extreme value statistics of the total energy in an intermediate-complexity model of the midlatitude atmospheric jet. Part I: Stationary case

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2137-2158

  Felici, Mara ^a,b   Lucarini, Valerio ^a   Speranza, Antonio ^a   Vitolo, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC JET; BAROCLINIC MODEL; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; ESTIMATION METHOD; JET STREAM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 34547801151     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3895.1     Document Type: Article

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