Using a rainfall stochastic generator to detect trends in extreme rainfall

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-441

  Cantet, Philippe ^a   Bacro, Jean Noël ^b   Arnaud, Patrick ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme rainfall; Hourly rainfall generation model; Maximum likelihood ratio test; Poisson Pareto Peak Over Threshold model; Regional trend test

Indexed keywords

EXTREME RAINFALL; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; POISSON-PARETO-PEAK-OVER-THRESHOLD MODEL; RAINFALL GENERATION; REGIONAL TRENDS;

CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; POISSON RATIO; RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TESTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; STOCHASTICITY; THRESHOLD; TREND ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

EID: 79952008750     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0440-x     Document Type: Article

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