Semi-parametric Estimation for Selecting Optimal Threshold of Extreme Rainfall Events

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2325-2352

  Shinyie, Wendy Ling ^a   Ismail, Noriszura ^a   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall events; Semi parametric bootstrap; Semi parametric estimators; Threshold selection

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RAIN;

EXTREME RAINFALL; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV) DISTRIBUTIONS; LARGEST-ORDER STATISTICS; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES; SEMI PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; SEMIPARAMETRIC; THRESHOLD SELECTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BOOTSTRAPPING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; GEOSTATISTICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84876437486     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0290-7     Document Type: Article

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