Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-108-45690-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 363 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

Machine learning methods originated from artificial intelligence and are now used in various fields in environmental sciences today. This is the first single-authored textbook providing a unified treatment of machine learning methods and their applications in the environmental sciences. Due to their powerful nonlinear modelling capability, machine learning methods today are used in satellite data processing, general circulation models(GCM), weather and climate prediction, air quality forecasting, analysis and modelling of environmental data, oceanographic and hydrological forecasting, ecological modelling, and monitoring of snow, ice and forests. The book includes end-of-chapter review questions and an appendix listing web sites for downloading computer code and data sources. A resources website containing datasets for exercises, and password-protected solutions are available. The book is suitable for first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates. It is also valuable for researchers and practitioners in environmental sciences interested in applying these new methods to their own work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hsieh, William. W

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Basic notions in classical data analysis; 2. Linear multivariate statistical analysis; 3. Basic time series analysis; 4. Feed-forward neural network models; 5. Nonlinear optimization; 6. Learning and generalization; 7. Kernel methods; 8. Nonlinear classification; 9. Nonlinear regression; 10. Nonlinear principal component analysis; 11. Nonlinear canonical correlation analysis; 12. Applications in environmental sciences; Appendix A. Sources for data and codes; Appendix B. Lagrange multipliers; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Hsieh, William. W
William W. Hsieh is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, as well as Chair of the Atmospheric Science Programme, at the University of British Columbia. He is internationally known for his pioneering work in developing and applying machine learning methods in environmental sciences. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal publications covering areas of climate variability, machine learning, oceanography, atmospheric science and hydrology.