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XTREND: A computer program for estimating trends in the occurrence rate of extreme weather and climate events

XTREND consists of the following methodical Parts. Time interval extraction (Part 1) to analyse different parts of a time series; extreme events detection (Part 2) with robust smoothing; magnitude classification (Part 3) by hand; occurrence rate estimation (Part 4) with kernel functions; bootstrap simulations (Part 5) to estimate confidence bands around the occurrence rate. You work interactively with XTREND (parameter adjustment, calculation, graphics) to acquire more intuition for your data. Although, using “normal” data sizes (less than, say, 1000) and modern machines, the computing time seems to be acceptable (less than a few minutes), parameter adjustment should be done carefully to avoid spurious results or, on the other hand, too long computing times. This Report helps you to achieve that. Although it explains the statistical concepts used, this is generally done with less detail, and you should consult the given references (which include some textbooks) for a deeper understanding.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-217157
Date05 January 2017
CreatorsMudelsee, Manfred
ContributorsUniversität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften
PublisherUniversitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:article
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceWissenschaftliche Mitteilungen des Leipziger Instituts für Meteorologie ; 26 = Meteorologische Arbeiten aus Leipzig ; 7 (2002), S. 149-196

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