Quantifying Extreme Hurricane Risk in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Hurricanes threaten the United States every year. It is important to quantify the risk of these events for emergency managers. Extreme value statistics are used to model hurricane characteristics at different locations. Using wind speeds over a specified threshold, the risk of extreme winds are esti...
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| Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-5234 |