Probability, Statistics, And Decision Making In The Atmospheric Sciences

This book presents surveys of relatively new developments in probability and statistics of potential interest to atmospheric scientists. It introduces decision analysis, a formal method for analyzing and modeling decision-making problems, and examines certain aspects of weather forecasting.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Exploratory Analysis of Atmospheric Data 2. Developing Empirical Models with Multiple Regression: Biased Estimation Techniques 3. Exploratory Multivariate Analysis of a Single Batch of Data 4. Multivariate Comparisons of Data from Several Batches 5. Time Series Analysis -Time Domain 6. Probabalistic Models 7. Statistical Weather Forecasting 8. Probabalistic Weather Forecasting 10. Forecast Evalution 11. Design and Evaluation of Weather Modification Experiments 12. Bayesian Inference 13. Decision Analysis. Index.

About the author

Allan H. Murphy and Richard W. Katz

Summary

This book presents surveys of relatively new developments in probability and statistics of potential interest to atmospheric scientists. It introduces decision analysis, a formal method for analyzing and modeling decision-making problems, and examines certain aspects of weather forecasting.

Product details

• Authors: Richard W. Katz, Katz Richard W., Allan Murphy, Murphy Allan
• Assisted by: Richard W. Katz (Editor), Katz Richard W. (Editor), Allan Murphy (Editor), Murphy Allan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9780367299798
• ISBN: 978-0-367-29979-8
• No. of pages: 560
• Weight: 800 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, NATURE / Weather, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics