AT 655: Objective Analysis in the Atmospheric Sciences

Instructor: Prof. Elizabeth A. Barnes
Email: eabarnes .at. atmos.colostate.edu
Office Hours: 2:00-3:00 T Th, or by appointment

TA: Chris Slocum
Email: cslocum .at. atmos.colostate.edu
Office Hours: 1:00-3:00 W, or by appointment

Department of
Atmospheric Science

Additional Notes and References

Dennis Hartmann's Notes

• Dennis Hartmann's Obj. Analysis notes (link to webpage)

Discussion and applications of basic statistics in Atmospheric Science

• L. Halsey, D. Curran-Everett, S. Vowler, and G. Drummond (2015): The fickle P value generates irreproducible results. Nature Methods, Vol. 12.
• R. Nuzzo (2014): Statistical Errors. Nature, Vol. 506.
• S. Goodman (2001): Of P-values and Bayes: A Modest Proposal. Epidemiology, Vol. 12, pages 295-297.
• R. Livezey and W. Chen (1983): Statistical Field Significance and its Determination by Monte Carlo Techniques. Monthly Weather Review, Volume 111.
• B. Efron (1979): Bootstrap Methods: Another Look at the Jackknife. The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 7, No. 1.
• J. S. Daniel, R. W. Portmann, S. Solomon, and D. M. Murphy (2012): Identifying weekly cycles in meteorological variables: The importance of an appropriate statistical analysis. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 117, D13203.
• Tyler W. Ruff and J. David Neelin (2012): Long tails in regional surface temperature probability distributions with implications for extremes under global warming. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 39, L04704.
• G. Villarini, J. Smith and G. Vecchi (2013): Changing Frequency of Heavy Rainfall over the Central United States. Journal of Climate, Volume 26.

EOF/PCA/matrix algebra

• Matrix Notation and Algebra, by R. Barnes
• A Primer for EOF Analysis of Climate Data, by A. Hannachi.
• Empirical Mode Decomposition of Climate Variability, by K. Coughlin and K.K. Tung.

Time Series Analysis

• P. Welch (1967): The Use of Fast Fourier Transform for the Estimation of Power Spectra: A Method Based on Time Averaging Over Short, Modified Periodograms. IEEE Trans. Audo and Elextroaccoust., Vol. AU-15, pages 70-73.

General Statistics

• Statistical Analysis in Climate Research. von Storch and Zwiers, Cambridge U. Press, 1999.
• Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences. Wilks, Academic Press, 1995.
• Schaum's Outline Series: Statistics. Murray R. Spiegel McGraw-Hill.

Free Statistics Help

• CSU General Statistics Consulting: the CSU Statistics Department offers free general statistical consulting to CSU faculty, staff and graduate students. They will help with experiment design, data analysis and statistical programming help.