Estimating return levels from serially dependent extremes

Environmetrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-283

  Fawcett, Lee ^a   Walshaw, David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Clusters; Extremal index; Extreme value theory; Peaks over thresholds; Return levels; Sea surges; Temporal dependence; Wind speeds

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; SEA BREEZE; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84859439802     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.2133     Document Type: Article

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