Statistical Modelling of Recent Changes in Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan

Lan-Fen Chu, Michael McAleer and Szu-Hua Wang
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Lan-Fen Chu: National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR)
Szu-Hua Wang: Chinese Cultural University, Taiwan

No 13-004/III, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This paper has two primary purposes. First, we fit the annual maximum daily rainfall data for 6 rainfall stations, both with stationary and non-stationary generalized extreme value (GEV) distributions for the periods 1911-2010 and 1960-2010 in Taiwan, and detect the changes between the two phases for extreme rainfall. The non-stationary model means that the location parameter in the GEV distribution is a linear function of time to detect temporal trends in maximum rainfall. Second, we compute the future behavior of stationary models for the return levels of 10, 20, 50 and 100-years based on the period 1960-2010. In addition, the 95% confidence intervals of the return levels are provided. This is the first investigation to use generalized extreme value distributions to model extreme rainfall in Taiwan.

Keywords: Generalized extreme value; Extreme rainfall; Return level; Statistical modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q51 Q54 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-01-07
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Working Paper: Statistical Modeling of Recent Changes in Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan (2012)
Working Paper: Statistical Modelling of Recent Changes in Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan (2012)
Working Paper: Statistical Modelling of Recent Changes in Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan (2012)
Working Paper: Statistical Modelling of Recent Changes in Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan (2012)
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