Thiebaux H. Spatial Objective Analysis..Applications in Atmospheric Science 1987

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This book will interest readers who use statistical methods to analyze meteorological fields that are correlated in both space and time. According to the authors, this is the first book on the topic since the text of L. S. Gandin in 1963. will suggest the subjects covered:
Introduction: nomenclature and analysis concepts.
Techniques of objective analysis I: function-surface fitting.
Techniques of objective analysis II: empirical linear interpolation.
Statistical objective analysis.
Time series analogues for spatial stochastic models.
Spatial stochastic models and frequency spectra.
Very few statisticians are able to communicate their ideas to meteorologists, and very few meteorologists are able to apply modem statistical methods in ways that satisfy
statisticians. This book written by a statistician (H. J. Thiebaux) and a meteorologist (M. A. Pedder) is therefore very welcome indeed, although it will be rather heavy going for some meteorologists. I can visualize the book as being particularly effective in convincing statisticians that meteorological space-time fields are sticiently interesting to merit their attention