ESS 210B: Geoscience Data Analysis (Fall 2005)
Lecture: Monday & Wednesday 11:00-11:20, Croul Hall
INSTRUCTOR

Professor Jin-Yi Yu
Office: 3315 Croul Hall
Phone: (949) 824-3878
Email: jyyu@uci.edu
http://www.ess.uci.edu/~yu/
DESCRIPTION

An introduction to the application of objective analysis methods to atmospheric, oceanic, and biogeochemical data.

TEXTBOOKS

  • Hans A. Panofsky and Glenn W. Brier (1968), "Some Applications of Statistics to Meteorology"
    , Pennsylvania State University, 224 pp.
  • Daniel S. Wilks (1995), "Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences", Academic Press, 465pp.
  • Dennia, L. Hartmann (2004), "Objective Analysis", Classnotes.

    Acknowledgment: I would like to thank Professor Dennis Hartmann of University of Washington for allowing me to use materials from his classnotes in ESS210B.

    • SYLLABUS

    Week 1 - Probability Distribution and Sampling Theory
  • review of basic statistics
  • theoretical probability distributions
  • small sampling theory
  • degree of freedom
  • confidence interval
  • hypothesis testing
    [CLASSNOTE #1: Overview] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
    [CLASSNOTE #2: Probability] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
    [NINO3 Index File] (for Homework #1)

    Week 2- Regression and Objective Analysis
  • scattering
  • theory of correlation
  • multiple regression
    [CLASSNOTE #3: Analysis of Relationship Between Two Variables] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
    [time series of model-simulated ENSO intensity] (for Homework #2)
    [time series of model-simulated TIW activity] (for Homework #2)

    Week 3 - Time Series Analysis I
  • autocorrelation functions
  • harmonic analysis
  • power spectrum analysis
  • data window
    [CLASSNOTE #4: Time Series Analysis I] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)

    Week 4 - Time Series Analysis II
  • correlation of time series
  • filtering of time series
  • composition analysis

    Week 5 - Principal Component Analysis
  • empirical orthogonal function (EOF)
  • rotated EOF
  • SVD Analysis
    [CLASSNOTE #5: EOF Analysis] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
    [CLASSNOTE #6: Objective Analysis] (powerpoint) (handout)
    [a filter program] (for Homework #4)
    [the 40-year SST data] (for Homework #4)
    [the 40-year SST data (without header)] (for Homework #4)