Nonstationary extreme value analysis of annual maximum water levels for designing coastal structures on the German North Sea coastline

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-62

  Mudersbach, C ^a   Jensen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual maximum water levels; Coastal structures; Extreme values; Generalized extreme value distribution; Nonstationarities; North Sea; Parameter estimation; Time series

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL STRUCTURE; EXTREME EVENT; PARAMETERIZATION; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77749237124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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