A discussion of statistical methods used to estimate extreme wind speeds

Författare, redaktör eller annan roll
O. Perrin
H. Rootzen
Roger Taesler
Publikationstyp
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift
Språk
Engelska
Utgivningsdatum
Typ av innehåll
Sakkunniggranskat
Abstract (Engelska)

Wind speeds in extra-tropical latitudes are known to be approximately Weibull distributed. Hence a Weibull distribution fitted to all available data is often used to predict extreme winds. The most extreme values then, however, have little influence on the estimated parent Weibull distribution, and ...

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Publicerad

Tidskrift

Titel
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
PISSN
0177-798X
EISSN
1434-4483
Volym
85
Utgivningsnummer
3-4
Startsida
203
Slutsida
215