Dependence modelling for spatial extremes

Biometrika

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-272

  Wadsworth, Jennifer L ^a   Tawn, Jonathan A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic independence; Extremal dependence; Max stable process; Significant wave height; Spatial extreme value theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859470447     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asr080     Document Type: Article

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