Extreme value statistics of snowfall in the Swiss Alpine region

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Blanchet, J ^a   Marty, C ^a   Lehning, M ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY-TAILED; LONG-TERM PERIOD; LOW ALTITUDES; NATURAL HAZARD; POISSON POINT PROCESS; SNOW COVERS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SWITZERLAND;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67650332885     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007916     Document Type: Article

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