Combining large model ensembles with extreme value statistics to improve attribution statements of rare events

Weather and Climate Extremes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-35

  Sippel, Sebastian ^a   Mitchell, Dann ^b   Black, Mitchell T ^c   Dittus, Andrea J ^c   Harrington, Luke ^d   Schaller, Nathalie ^b   Otto, Friederike E L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ensemble modelling; Extreme value statistics; Extreme weather events

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 84940950867     PISSN: 22120947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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