Multivariate statistical modelling of future marine storms
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.05727,
title = {Multivariate statistical modelling of future marine storms},
author = {Jue Lin-Ye and Manuel García-León and Vicente Gràcia and Maribel Ortego and Piero Lionello and Agustín Sanchez-Arcilla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.05727},
year = {2019}
}