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Battle of extreme value distributions: A global survey on extreme daily rainfall
Author(s) -
Papalexiou Simon Michael,
Koutsoyiannis Demetris
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2012wr012557
Subject(s) - gumbel distribution , generalized extreme value distribution , extreme value theory , distribution (mathematics) , battle , climatology , value (mathematics) , mathematics , construct (python library) , statistics , environmental science , geography , meteorology , geology , computer science , mathematical analysis , programming language , archaeology
Key Points We analyze the annual maximum daily rainfall in 15137 sites all over the world We find that Frechet extreme value distribution prevails over the Gumbel one We construct a global map of the shape parameter of the distribution