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Beate Schmittmann and R. K. P. Zia
We present a simple introduction to the statistics of extreme values. Motivated by a string of record high temperatures in December 1998, we consider the distribution, averages, and lifetimes for a simplified model of such "records." Our data are sequences of independent random numbers all of which are generated from the same probability distribution. A remarkable universality emerges: A number of results, including the lifetime histogram, are universal, that is, independent of the underlying distribution.
American Journal of Physics: Volume 67, Issue 12, Pages 1269-1276
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10288">Schmittmann, Beate, and Royce Zia. ""Weather" records: Musings on cold days after a long hot Indian summer." Am. J. Phys. 67, no. 12, (December 1, 1999): 1269-1276.</a>
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B. Schmittmann and R. Zia, , Am. J. Phys. 67 (12), 1269 (1999), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19114).
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B. Schmittmann and R. Zia, "Weather" records: Musings on cold days after a long hot Indian summer, Am. J. Phys. 67 (12), 1269 (1999), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19114>.
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Schmittmann, B., & Zia, R. (1999, December 1). "Weather" records: Musings on cold days after a long hot Indian summer. Am. J. Phys., 67(12), 1269-1276. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19114
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Schmittmann, Beate, and Royce Zia. ""Weather" records: Musings on cold days after a long hot Indian summer." Am. J. Phys. 67, no. 12, (December 1, 1999): 1269-1276, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19114 (accessed 2 May 2025).
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Schmittmann, Beate, and Royce Zia. ""Weather" records: Musings on cold days after a long hot Indian summer." Am. J. Phys. 67.12 (1999): 1269-1276. 2 May 2025 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19114>.
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Year = {1999}
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