Estimation and inference for the persistence of extremely high temperatures
极端高温持续性的估计与推断
Summary: We propose a non-parametric framework for estimating the extremal index that captures the persistence of extreme observations. The framework provides unified and simple procedures for verifying the well-known local dependence condition $D^{(d)}(u_{n})$, which characterizes the extremal index yet is often assessed through heuristic checks, and for selecting d (a key parameter for estimation) when the condition holds. Under a general $\phi$-mixing condition, we…