The return period of wind storms over Europe

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-459

  Della Marta, Paul M ^a,b   Mathis, Hubert ^a   Frei, Chritoph ^a   Lininger, Mark A ^a   Kleinn, Jan ^b   Appenzeller, Christof ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b Partner Reinsurance Company   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatology; Europe; Extreme value analysis; Return period extreme wind; Wind gust speed; Wind speed; Wind storm

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD EXTREME WIND; WIND GUST SPEED; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATOLOGY; PINCH EFFECT; SPEED; STORMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

WIND EFFECTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FORECASTING METHOD; GUST; RETURN PERIOD; STORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 66049132878     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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