A nonstationary analysis for the Northern Adriatic extreme sea levels

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3999-4016

  Masina, Marinella ^a   Lamberti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

climate indices; monthly maxima; nonstationary generalized extreme value; Northern Adriatic; sea levels; trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; RAIN; TIDE GAGES; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE INDEX; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; MONTHLY MAXIMA; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; TRENDS;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EXTREME EVENT; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WIND PROFILE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84887046664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20313     Document Type: Article

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