A hierarchical max-stable spatial model for extreme precipitation

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1430-1451

  Reich, Brian J ^a   Shaby, Benjamin A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian extreme value process; Generalized extreme value distribution; Positive stable distribution; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871710529     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-AOAS591     Document Type: Article

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