Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences - 4th Edition by Daniel S Wilks (Paperback)

About the Book

"Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences, Fourth Edition has always strived, and succeeded, to meet the needs of students and instructors, in addition to supporting researchers and operational practitioners as a comprehensive, but still usable, reference. This newly revised fourth edition continues in that tradition. Updates, new topics and expanded sections build upon the strengths of the prior edition, while providing new content where there have been advances in the field, including Bayesian analysis, forecast verification and a new chapter dedicated to ensemble forecasting"--

Book Synopsis

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.

• Provides a strong, yet concise, introduction to applied statistics that is specific to atmospheric science
• Contains revised and expanded sections on nonparametric tests, test multiplicity and quality uncertainty descriptors
• Includes new sections on ANOVA, quantile regression, the lasso and other regularization methods, regression trees, changepoint detection, ensemble forecasting and exponential smoothing