Assessing extremes in hydroclimatology: A review on probabilistic methods

SD Nerantzaki, SM Papalexiou - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Here we review methods used for probabilistic analysis of extreme events in
Hydroclimatology. We focus on streamflow, precipitation, and temperature extremes at …

[图书][B] Impacts of climate change on rainfall extremes and urban drainage systems

P Willems, J Olsson - 2012 - library.oapen.org
Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage Systems provides a
state-of-the-art overview of existing methodologies and relevant results related to the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of serial correlation in environmental conditions on estimates of extreme events

E Mackay, G de Hauteclocque, E Vanem, P Jonathan - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In offshore engineering, it is common practice to estimate long-term extremes under the
assumption that environmental conditions are independent. However, many environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Model-free environmental contours in higher dimensions

E Mackay, G de Hauteclocque - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a method for estimating environmental contours in an arbitrary number
of dimensions. The method, referred to as Direct-IFORM, does not require a model for the …

[HTML][HTML] Non-stationary extreme value analysis of sea states based on linear trends. Analysis of annual maxima series of significant wave height and peak period in …

F De Leo, G Besio, R Briganti, E Vanem - Coastal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Non-stationary Extreme Value Analysis (NEVA) allows to determine the probability
of exceedance of extreme sea states taking into account trends in the time series of data at …

A two-step framework for over-threshold modelling of environmental extremes

P Bernardara, F Mazas… - Natural Hazards and …, 2014 - nhess.copernicus.org
The evaluation of the probability of occurrence of extreme natural events is important for the
protection of urban areas, industrial facilities and others. Traditionally, the extreme value …

The normal quantile transformation and its application in a flood forecasting system

K Bogner, F Pappenberger… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
The Normal Quantile Transform (NQT) has been used in many hydrological and
meteorological applications in order to make the Cumulated Distribution Function (CDF) of …

Non-stationary frequency analysis of extreme water level: application of annual maximum series and peak-over threshold approaches

A Razmi, S Golian, Z Zahmatkesh - Water resources management, 2017 - Springer
A great challenge has been appeared on if the assumption of data stationary for flood
frequency analysis is justifiable. Results for frequency analysis (FA) could be substantially …

Estimating and mapping extreme ice accretion hazard and load due to freezing rain at Canadian sites

C Sheng, Q Tang, HP Hong - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2023 - Springer
The ice accretion load in Canadian structural design codes is developed based on an
operational ice accretion prediction model. In the present study, three models are employed …

Uncertainties in return values from extreme value analysis of peaks over threshold using the generalised Pareto distribution

P Jonathan, D Randell, J Wadsworth, J Tawn - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
We consider the estimation of return values in the presence of uncertain extreme value
model parameters, using maximum likelihood and other estimation schemes. Estimators for …