Research Article

Convergence of Extreme Value Statistics in a Two-Layer Quasi-Geostrophic Atmospheric Model

Figure 2

GEV and GP shape parameters as well as bias and precision estimates in the case of the local observables, for K. (a) GEV and (d) GP shape parameter estimates as functions of the block size and exceedance ratio, respectively. The circle markers indicate shape parameter values for which the value of the KS-test is above 0.05. Lower -axis: zonal mean of the maximum likelihood 95% confidence interval (CI) widths. ((b) and (e)) Estimates for the bias (dot markers) and precision (star markers) of the shape parameter. (c) GEV and (f) GP shape parameter estimates as functions of the latitude. The grey horizontal line illustrates the theoretical shape parameter of −0.002. The error bars show the 95% confidence intervals of the MLE. Different colours represent different latitudes (a, b, d, e) or different block sizes (c) or exceedance ratios (f).