Coverage probability of bootstrap confidence intervals in heavy-tailed frequency models, with application to precipitation data

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-361

  Kyselý, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77955093831     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0190-1     Document Type: Article

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