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Extreme‐value analysis of canadian wind speeds
Author(s) -
Whitmore G. A.,
Gentleman Jane F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
canadian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.804
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1708-945X
pISSN - 0319-5724
DOI - 10.2307/3315249
Subject(s) - geography , extreme value theory , wind speed , environmental science , humanities , meteorology , mathematics , statistics , art
Estimates of extreme winds are essential for engineering design, but in preparing such estimates major statistical issues are encountered. In this case study, the analysts were provided with hourly readings on wind speed, wind direction, and barometric pressure at five Canadian stations for observation periods ranging over several recent decades. Their assignment was to calculate point and interval estimates of 10‐, 20‐, 50‐, and 100‐year return values (i.e., upper fractiles) for the wind speeds at these stations.