Assessing wavestorm hazard evolution in the NW Mediterranean with hindcast and buoy data

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 713-731

  Ortego, M I ^a   Tolosana Delgado, R ^a   Gibergans Baguena J ^a   Egozcue, J J ^a   Sanchez Arcilla A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BAYESIAN METHODS; BUOY DATA; BUOY MEASUREMENTS; DATA SETS; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; HAZARDOUS EVENTS; HINDCASTING; HINDCASTS; INDICATOR FUNCTIONS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NW MEDITERRANEAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POISSON PROCESS; SHAPE PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STEP FUNCTIONS; TIME SPAN; UPPER BOUND; UPPER LIMITS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STORMS;

BUOYS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BUOY SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HINDCASTING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; POISSON RATIO; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEIBULL THEORY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84864287279     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0388-y     Document Type: Article

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