Univariate Time Series in Geosciences Theory and Examples /

• Main Author: Gilgen, Hans (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Computer simulation.; Physics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Earth Sciences, general.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Simulation and Modeling.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

The author introduces the statistical analysis of geophysical time series. The book includes also a chapter with an introduction to geostatistics, many examples and exercises which help the reader to work with typical problems. More complex derivations are provided in appendix-like supplements to ea...

Table of Contents:

• Stationary Stochastic Processes
• Linear Models for the Expectation Function
• Interpolation
• Linear Processes
• Fourier Transforms of Deterministic Functions
• Fourier Representation of a Stationary Stochastic Process
• Does a Periodogram Estimate a Spectrum?
• Estimators for a Continuous Spectrum
• Estimators for a Spectrum Having a Discrete Part.