venice                  package:evd                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'venice' data frame has 51 rows and 10 columns. The jth column
     contains the jth largest sea levels in Venice, for the years
     1931-1981. Only the largest six measurements are available for the
     year 1935; the corresponding row contains four missing values. The
     years for each set of measurements are given as row names.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(venice)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 51 rows and 10 columns.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Smith, R. L. (1986) Extreme value theory based on the r largest
     annual events. _Journal of Hydrology_, *86*, 27-43.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Coles, S. G. (2001) _An Introduction to Statistical Modeling of
     Extreme Values_. London: Springer-Verlag.

