Application of regional frequency analysis to the estimation of extreme storm surges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bernardara, Pietro ^a,b   Andreewsky, Marc ^a   Benoit, Michel ^a,b  

^a Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique et Environnement   (France)

^b Universite Paris Est   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOODS; STORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

19TH CENTURY; ATLANTIC COASTS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME QUANTILES; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOSCIENCES; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; L-MOMENTS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; STORM SURGES;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HARBOR; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 79951479835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006229     Document Type: Article

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