The statistical distribution of meteorological outliers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Van Den Brink, H W ^a   Konnen G P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; WIND;

EMPIRICAL ESTIMATIONS; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME WIND SPEED; GENERAL EXPRESSION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GEV DISTRIBUTIONS; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; RETURN PERIODS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EXTREME WEATHER;

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OUTLIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 60149091544     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035967     Document Type: Article

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