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Runs of Extremes of Observables on Dynamical Systems and Applications

Dynamical Systems 2023-11-07 v1 Probability

Abstract

We use extreme value theory to estimate the probability of successive exceedances of a threshold value of a time-series of an observable on several classes of chaotic dynamical systems. The observables have either a Fr\'echet (fat-tailed) or Weibull (bounded) distribution. The motivation for this work was to give estimates of the probabilities of sustained periods of weather anomalies such as heat-waves, cold spells or prolonged periods of rainfall in climate models. Our predictions are borne out by numerical simulations and also analysis of rainfall and temperature data.

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@article{arxiv.2311.02864,
  title  = {Runs of Extremes of Observables on Dynamical Systems and Applications},
  author = {Meagan Carney and Mark Holland and Matthew Nicol and Phuong Tran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.02864},
  year   = {2023}
}