Simulating extreme total water levels using a time-dependent, extreme value approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6305-6329

  Serafin, Katherine A ^a   Ruggiero, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal hazards; GPD Poisson; Monte Carlo simulation; multivariate extremes; Oregon; total water levels

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; WATER LEVEL;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927615420     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010093     Document Type: Article

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