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Extreme value analysis of north sea storm severity. / Elsinghorst, C.; Groeneboom, P.; Jonathan, P. et al.
In: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 3, 1998, p. 177-183.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Extreme value analysis of north sea storm severity
AU - Elsinghorst, C.
AU - Groeneboom, P.
AU - Jonathan, P.
AU - Smulders, L.
AU - Taylor, P.H.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - In this paper we consider the estimation of North Sea storm severity, for storms with return periods in the interval 100 to 500 yr. The analysis consists of." modeling the tail-distribution for a set of data for storm severity (using, e.g., storm hindcast data); estimating extreme storm severity; estimating confidence intervals for extreme storm severity; validating the bias and variance of estimates using simulation studies, for known underlying model forms; and estimating the robustness of extreme quantile estimates with respect to misspecification of the underlying model for the tail-distribution of storm severity. Applications to NESS (Northern European Hindcast Study) hindcast data at clusters of locations in the northern, central and southern North Sea are considered. Results suggest, in particular, the existence of a physical upper limit for storm severity in the North Sea and a close to constant value for the extreme value index, γ ≈ -0.2. © 1998 by ASME.
AB - In this paper we consider the estimation of North Sea storm severity, for storms with return periods in the interval 100 to 500 yr. The analysis consists of." modeling the tail-distribution for a set of data for storm severity (using, e.g., storm hindcast data); estimating extreme storm severity; estimating confidence intervals for extreme storm severity; validating the bias and variance of estimates using simulation studies, for known underlying model forms; and estimating the robustness of extreme quantile estimates with respect to misspecification of the underlying model for the tail-distribution of storm severity. Applications to NESS (Northern European Hindcast Study) hindcast data at clusters of locations in the northern, central and southern North Sea are considered. Results suggest, in particular, the existence of a physical upper limit for storm severity in the North Sea and a close to constant value for the extreme value index, γ ≈ -0.2. © 1998 by ASME.
KW - Computer simulation
KW - Data reduction
KW - Mathematical models
KW - Parameter estimation
KW - Extreme value analysis
KW - Tail-distribution model
KW - Storms
KW - extreme event
KW - forecasting method
KW - storm
KW - North Sea
U2 - 10.1115/1.2829538
DO - 10.1115/1.2829538
M3 - Journal article
VL - 120
SP - 177
EP - 183
JO - Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
JF - Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
SN - 0892-7219
IS - 3
ER -