ZHU Chao,ZHAO Lin,FANG Genshen,et al.Comparison and Application of Threshold Methods for Extreme Wind Speed Estimation in Coastal Mixed Wind Climates[J].Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,2025,45(04):726-735.
ZHU Chao,ZHAO Lin,FANG Genshen,et al.Comparison and Application of Threshold Methods for Extreme Wind Speed Estimation in Coastal Mixed Wind Climates[J].Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,2025,45(04):726-735. DOI: 10.13409/j.cnki.jdpme.20240320001.
Comparison and Application of Threshold Methods for Extreme Wind Speed Estimation in Coastal Mixed Wind Climates
the observed wind speed data are often insufficient and unevenly distributed
making it difficult to apply the traditional stage-wise extreme value method based on extreme value distribution probability functions to estimate extreme wind speed with a return period. This study systematically reviewed two commonly used threshold methods for estimating extreme wind speeds with small samples—peak over threshold (POT) and method of independent storm (MIS). Combining the Monte Carlo stochastic simulation theory
pseudo wind speed samples following six common wind speed probability distributions were randomly generated
enabling prior acquisition of theoretical extreme wind speeds with specific return periods. Based on this
the sensitivity of the POT and MIS methods to threshold selection and their differences in estimating extreme wind speeds with return periods were compared. The wind speed probability distributions under three climates —mixed climate (without differentiation between normal wind and typhoon data)
normal climate
and typhoon climate—were compared using the daily maximum wind speeds and hourly wind speeds with a 10-minute interval under typhoon conditions from 1971 to 2007 at the Chongming meteorological station
China. Additionally
extreme wind speeds with different return periods were estimated under different climates using the stage-wise extreme value method and two threshold methods. Based on the comparison of estimation differences among these methods
the accuracy and applicability of different methods were clarified. This study provides a reference for estimating extreme wind speeds with return periods based on observed data under typhoon climate.
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