A nonstationary extreme value analysis for the assessment of changes in extreme annual wind speed over the gulf of St. Lawrence Canada

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2745-2759

  Hundecha, Y ^a   St Hilaire, A ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^a   El Adlouni, S ^a   Gachon, P ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM; BAYESIAN METHODS; COASTAL AREAS; DATA SETS; EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; GRID CELLS; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCATION AND SCALE PARAMETERS; NON STATIONARIES; NORTH AMERICANS; OBSERVED DATUM; OFFSHORE AREAS; RE-ANALYSIS; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENTS; WIND SPEED;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COASTAL ZONES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LOCATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RAIN; SPEED; VALUE ENGINEERING;

WIND EFFECTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 65349111947     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1665.1     Document Type: Article

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