Observed changes in extreme weather indices in Hong Kong

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2300-2311

  Wong, M C ^a   Mok, H Y ^a   Lee, T C ^a  

^a Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme indices; Generalized extreme value distribution; Hong Kong; Return values

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLIMATE CHANGE DETECTION; DRY SPELLS; EXPERT TEAMS; EXTREME INDICES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; EXTREME WEATHER; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY RAINS; HONG-KONG; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; RAINFALL EVENT; RETURN PERIODS; RETURN VALUES; SUMMER MONTHS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; WEATHER MODIFICATION; WIND EFFECTS;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79955945281     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2238     Document Type: Article

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