Nonparametric multivariate weather generator and an extreme value theory for bandwidth selection

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-171

  Lee, Taesam ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^b,c   Jeong, Changsam ^d  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d Induk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bandwidth selection; Extreme value theory; Gamma kernel density estimation; Genetic algorithm; K nearest neighbor; Nonparametric weather generator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH SELECTIONS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; GAMMA KERNEL; K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS; WEATHER GENERATOR;

BANDWIDTH; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUN; WIND EFFECTS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DATA SET; DEW POINT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84863095710     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.047     Document Type: Article

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