Extremes in a Changing Climate: Detection, Analysis and Uncertainty

by Amir Aghakouchak

Book Overview

1. Statistical Indices for Diagnosing and Detecting Changes in Extremes

2. Statistical Methods for Nonstationary Extremes

3. Bayesian Methods for Nonstationary Extreme Value Analysis

4. Return Periods and Return Levels Under Climate Change

5. Multivariate Extreme Value Methods

6. Methods of Tail Dependence Estimation

7. Stochastic Models of Climate Extremes: Theory and Observations

8. Methods of Projecting Future Changes in Extremes

9. Climate Variability and Weather Extremes: Model-Simulated and Historical Data

10. Uncertainties in Observed Changes in Climate Extremes

11. Uncertainties in Projections of Future Changes in Extremes

12. Global Data Sets for Analysis of Climate Extremes

13. Nonstationarity in Extremes and Engineering Design

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401783373
• ISBN13: 9789401783378
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"