Estimating 10000-year return values from short time series

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Van Den Brink, H W ^a,b   Konnen G P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b Meteo Consult   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extreme value statistics; Meteorological extremes; Outliers; Precipitation; Risk analysis; Statistical uncertainties; Surges; Waves

Indexed keywords

EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; METEOROLOGICAL EXTREMES; OUTLIERS; PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; SURGES;

COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTREME EVENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OUTLIER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

EID: 78650359468     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2047     Document Type: Article

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