Statistical methods for trend detection and analysis in the environmental sciences
By: Richard Chandler, E. Marian Scott
Contributors: Scott, E. Marian; Wiley online library
Series: Statistics in practice -- 90
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9781119991571
Subjects: Statistical methods; MATHEMATICS; Environmental sciences; Probability & Statistics; General
Description: "Statistical methodology itself has made some significant developments in areas that are highly relevant to the problems faced by environmentalists; thus this book fills a gap in the market in which there is currently a lot of interest. Split into two parts, part 1 - Theory and methods - introduces the basis for and scope of the book, and covers amongst others the chief topics of exploratory analysis, non-parametric estimation and testing, and parametric modeling. Part 2 - Case Studies - introduces a number of co-authors, specialists in their own areas of environmental science, to illustrate the application of the theory and methods in practice. The accompanying website develops the practical aspects raised in the book, and provides a useful complementary tool."--
Notes: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Front Matter; title: Methodology. Introduction; title: Exploratory Analysis; title: Parametric Modelling Deterministic Trends; title: Nonparametric Trend Estimation; title: Stochastic Trends; title: Other Issues; title: Case Studies. Additive Models for Sulphur Dioxide Pollution in Europe / Marco Giannitrapani, Adrian Bowman, E Marian Scott, Ron Smith; title: Rainfall Trends in Southwest Western Australia / Richard E Chandler, Bryson C Bates, Stephen P Charles; title: Estimation of Common Trends for Trophic Index Series / Alain F Zuur, Elena N Ieno, Cristina Mazziotti, Giuseppe Montanari, Attilio Rinaldi, Carla Rita Ferrari; title: A SpaceTime Study on Forest Health / Thomas Kneib, Ludwig Fahrmeir; title: Index; title: Statistics in Practice.