Richard Katz's Home Page

(Last updated: April, 2008)

Recent Presentations

Katz, R.W., 2008: "Extending the concepts of return period and return level to a changing climate." Workshop on Precipitation Intensity Estimates in a Changing Climate, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2008: "Statistics of extremes in climate: Reconciling theory with observations." Cherry Bud Workshop, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2008: "Stochastic modeling of hurricane damage: Reanalysis of updated data." American Meteorological Society, 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences , New Orleans, LA. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2008: "Extremal models and environmental applications." Workshop on Spatial Extremes and Environmental Sustainability: Statistical Methods and Applications in Geophysics and the Environment, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2007: "Generalized linear modeling approach to stochastic weather generators." University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2007: "Use of statistics of extremes to detect trends in hurricane statistics." SEAMOCS-Workshop on Implications of Climate Change for Marine and Coastal Safety, Palmse, Estonia. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., and E.M. Furrer, 2007: "Improving the simulation of extreme events by stochastic weather generators." 10th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Beijing, China. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2007: "Forecast verification of extremes: Use of extreme value theory." University of Exeter, UK. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2007: "Quantifying the economic value of weather forecasts: Review of methods and results." Workshop on Meteorology meets Social Science: Risk, Forecast and Decision, UK Met Office, Exeter. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2007: "Assessing the quality and economic value of weather and climate forecasts." Colorado School of Mines. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., and E.M. Furrer, 2007: "Generalized linear modeling approach to stochastic weather generators." American Meteorological Society, 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, San Antonio, TX. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2007: "Economic value of forecasts." Forecast Integration Workshop, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Hidden and not-so-hidden Markov models: Implications for environmental data analysis." Auckland, Otago, and Victoria Universities, New Zealand. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Forecast verification of extremes: Use of extreme value theory." National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., and E.M. Furrer, 2006: "Generalized linear modeling approach to stochastic weather generators." National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Dynamics of coupled natural and human systems: Climate, agriculture, and complexity in the Argentine Pampas." NCAR/ISSE informal talk, Boulder, CO [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Stochastic modeling of hurricane damage under climate change." Laboratoire des Sciences du Climate et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., and M. Ehrendorfer, 2006: "Bayesian approach to decision making using ensemble weather forecasts." Stony Brook University, NY. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Determining whether extreme weather events are becoming more common." The International Environmetrics Society 2006 Conference, Kalmar, Sweden. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Hidden and not-so-hidden Markov models: Implications for environmental data analysis." Cherry Bud Workshop, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Sir Gilbert Walker and a connection between El Nino and Statistics." University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2006: "Forecast verification of extremes: Use of extreme value theory." American Meteorological Society, 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA. [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2005: "Economic value of weather information systems: Decision-analytic approach." CASA/NCAR Decision Sciences Workshop, Boulder, CO [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2005: "Downscaling climate change: Extreme events, regional impacts, and ecosystems -- Statistical challenges." NCAR Junior Faculty Forum, Boulder, CO [pdf file]

Katz, R.W., 2005: "Weather extremes and climate risk: Stochastic modeling of hurricane damage." Cherry Bud Workshop, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan [pdf file]