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Extremes in a changing climate : detection, analysis and uncertainty / Amir AghaKouchak [and others], editors.

Contributor(s): Series: Water science and technology library ; v. 65.Dordrecht ; Springer, 2013New York : Springer, 2013Description: xiv, 423 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789400744783
  • 9400744781
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC903 .E98 2013
Contents:
Statistical indices for diagnosing and detecting changes in extremes / Xuebin Zhang and Francis W. Zwiers -- Statistical methods for nonstationary extremes / Richard W. Katz -- Bayesian methods for nonstationary extreme value analysis / Benjamin Renard, Xun Sun, and Michel Lang -- Return periods and return levels under climate change / Daniel Cooley -- Multivariate extreme value methods / Gianfausto Salvadori and Carlo De Michele -- Methods of tail dependence estimation / Amir AghaKouchak, Scott Sellars, and Soroosh Sorooshian -- Stochastic models of climate extremes : theory and observations / Philip Sura -- Methods of projecting future changes in extremes / Michael Wehner -- Climate variability and weather extremes : model-simulated and historical data / Siegfried D. Schubert and Young-Kwon Lim -- Uncertainties in observed changes in climate extremes / Kenneth E. Kunkel -- Uncertainties in projections of future changes in extremes / Levi D. brekke and Joseph J. Barsugli -- Global data sets for analysis of climate extremes / David R. Easterling -- Nonstationarity in extremes and engineering design / Dorte Jakob.
Summary: 'Extremes in a Changing Climate' presents both theoretical concepts and methodologies for detecting extremes, trend analysis, accounting for nonstationarities and uncertainties associated with extreme value analysis in a changing climate. The volume includes several climate case studies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC903 .E98 2013 1 Available 50583020004416
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statistical indices for diagnosing and detecting changes in extremes / Xuebin Zhang and Francis W. Zwiers -- Statistical methods for nonstationary extremes / Richard W. Katz -- Bayesian methods for nonstationary extreme value analysis / Benjamin Renard, Xun Sun, and Michel Lang -- Return periods and return levels under climate change / Daniel Cooley -- Multivariate extreme value methods / Gianfausto Salvadori and Carlo De Michele -- Methods of tail dependence estimation / Amir AghaKouchak, Scott Sellars, and Soroosh Sorooshian -- Stochastic models of climate extremes : theory and observations / Philip Sura -- Methods of projecting future changes in extremes / Michael Wehner -- Climate variability and weather extremes : model-simulated and historical data / Siegfried D. Schubert and Young-Kwon Lim -- Uncertainties in observed changes in climate extremes / Kenneth E. Kunkel -- Uncertainties in projections of future changes in extremes / Levi D. brekke and Joseph J. Barsugli -- Global data sets for analysis of climate extremes / David R. Easterling -- Nonstationarity in extremes and engineering design / Dorte Jakob.

'Extremes in a Changing Climate' presents both theoretical concepts and methodologies for detecting extremes, trend analysis, accounting for nonstationarities and uncertainties associated with extreme value analysis in a changing climate. The volume includes several climate case studies.

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