Assessment of the regional frequency analysis to the estimation of extreme storm surges

Jérôme Weiss, Pietro Bernardara, Michel Benoit

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

Regional frequency analysis (RFA) is performed to estimate extreme storm surges along the French coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel and the Southern part of the North Sea. An insight on the formation of physically homogeneous regions from a criterion of propagation of storms is provided. The treatment of the pairwise dependence structure within a given region through a spatial extreme value copula is also considered, leading to a model coupling physically-based RFA and spatial dependence to describe the probabilistic behavior of extreme storm surges.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012, ICCE 2012
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ISBN (Print)9780989661119
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012, ICCE 2012 - Santander, Spain
Duration: 1 Jul 20126 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
ISSN (Print)0161-3782

Conference

Conference33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012, ICCE 2012
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySantander
Period1/07/126/07/12

Keywords

  • Extreme storm surges
  • Extreme value copula
  • Regional frequency analysis
  • Spatial dependence
  • Storm propagation

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Assessment of the regional frequency analysis to the estimation of extreme storm surges'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this