Multivariate statistical modelling of future marine storms

Extreme events, such as wave-storms, need to be characterized for coastal infrastructure design purposes. Such description should contain information on both the univariate behaviour and the joint-dependence of storm-variables. These two aspects have been here addressed through generalized Pareto di...

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Autores: Lin Ye, Jue|||0000-0003-4970-1345, García León, Manuel|||0000-0001-6498-1440, Gracia García, Vicente|||0000-0002-4628-426X, Ortego Martínez, María Isabel|||0000-0001-9437-9354, Lionello, Piero|||0000-0002-0779-5681, Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín|||0000-0002-3450-6697
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/103920
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/103920
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2017.04.009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Storms--Forecasting
Storms--Statistical methods
Wave storm
Catalan Coast
Hierarchical Archimedean copula
Generalized Pareto distribution
Non-stationarity
Generalized additive model
Tempestes
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
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Sumario:Extreme events, such as wave-storms, need to be characterized for coastal infrastructure design purposes. Such description should contain information on both the univariate behaviour and the joint-dependence of storm-variables. These two aspects have been here addressed through generalized Pareto distributions and hierarchical Archimedean copulas. A non-stationary model has been used to highlight the relationship between these extreme events and non-stationary climate. It has been applied to a Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 Climate-Change scenario, for a fetch-limited environment (Catalan Coast). In the non-stationary model, all considered variables decrease in time, except for storm-duration at the northern part of the Catalan Coast. The joint distribution of storm variables presents cyclical fluctuations, with a stronger influence of climate dynamics than of climate itself.