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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1135-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
How historical information can improve estimation and prediction of extreme coastal water levels: application to the Xynthia event at La Rochelle (France)
T. Bulteau
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BRGM, 3 avenue C. Guillemin, 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France
BRGM, 3 avenue C. Guillemin, 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France
J. Lambert
BRGM, 3 avenue C. Guillemin, 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France
M. Garcin
BRGM, 3 avenue C. Guillemin, 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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Extreme value analyses of sea-level using tide-gauge measurements usually suffer from limited effective duration of observation which can result in large uncertainties, especially when outliers are present. To tackle this issue, a Bayesian MCMC method is developed integrating historical data in extreme sea-level analyses. A real case study shows a significant improvement in return values estimation and the usefulness of the Bayesian framework to predict future annual exceedance probabilities.
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