Hurricane Climatology
a modern statistical guide using r
$227.70
- Hardcover
390 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2013
Summary
Taming Titans: A Practical Guide to Hurricane Climatology with R
Hurricanes, nature’s most destructive forces, are intensifying with global warming. Hurricane Climatology offers a comprehensive approach to analyzing and modeling hurricane data, empowering you to understand and predict current and future hurricane activity.
This book leverages the open-source R software, providing a tutorial-style manual ideal for independent study, review, and reference. Unlike othe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199827633 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019982763X |
| Author: | James B. Elsner, Thomas H. Jagger |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 390 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 771g |
| Dimensions: | 157mm x 236mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
James B. Elsner
James B. Elsner is the Earl and Sophia Shaw Professor of Geography at Florida State University where he teaches applied spatial statistics and hurricane climatology. Dr. Elsner is President and CEO of Climatek; a company that develops software for hurricane-risk models. His research interests include the changing nature of hurricane risk. He has written more than 110 research articles and two books.
Dr. Thomas Herbert Jagger is Vice President of Climatek and independent researcher. He has written more than 25 papers advancing the use of statistical analysis in weather and climate. As Vice president of Climatek he has incorporated Bayesian analysis and extreme value modeling into his research on hurricane climatology and hurricane risk analysis.
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