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Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences. Edition No. 4

  • Book

  • June 2019
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 4759467
Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences, Fourth Edition, continues the tradition of trying to meet the needs of students, researchers and operational practitioners. This updated edition not only includes expanded sections built upon the strengths of the prior edition, but also provides new content where there have been advances in the field, including Bayesian analysis, forecast verification and a new chapter dedicated to ensemble forecasting.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Review of Probability 3. Empirical Distributions and Exploratory Data Analysis 4. Parametric Probability Distributions 5. Frequentist Statistical Inference 6. Bayesian Inference 7. Statistical Forecasting 8. Ensemble Forecasting 9. Forecast Verification 10. Time Series 11. Matrix Algebra and Random Matrices 12. Multivariate Normal Distribution 13. Principal Component (EOF) Analysis 14. Linear multivariate analysis of vector pairs: CCA, MCA, and RA 15. Discrimination and Classification 16. Cluster Analysis

Authors

Daniel S. Wilks Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, USA. Daniel S. Wilks has been a member of the Atmospheric Sciences faculty at Cornell University since 1987, and is the author of Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences (2011, Academic Press), which is in its third edition and has been continuously in print since 1995. Research areas include statistical forecasting, forecast postprocessing, and forecast evaluation.