Nonstationarities in Hydrologic and Environmental Time Series

2003. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-4020-1297-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 365 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 830 g

Reihe: Water Science and Technology Library

Conventionally, time series have been studied either in the time domain or the frequency domain. The representation of a signal in the time domain is localized in time, i.e. the value of the signal at each instant in time is well defined. However, the time representation of a signal is poorly localized in frequency, i.e. little information about the frequency content of the signal at a certain frequency can be known by looking at the signal in the time domain. On the other hand, the representation of a signal in the frequency domain is well localized in frequency, but is poorly localized in time, and as a consequence it is impossible to tell when certain events occurred in time. In studying stationary or conditionally stationary processes with mixed spectra, the separate use of time domain and frequency domain analyses is sufficient to reveal the structure of the process. Results discussed in the previous chapters suggest that the time series analyzed in this book are conditionally stationary processes with mixed spectra. Additionally, there is some indication of nonstationarity, especially in longer time series.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, A R

Hamed, K H

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Variationsrechnung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Data Used in the Book.- 2.1. Hydrologic and Climatic Data.- 2.2. Synthetic and Observed Environmental Data.- 2.3. Observed Data.- 3. Time Domain Analysis.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Visual Inspection of Time Series.- 3.3. Statistical Tests of Significance.- 3.4. Testing Autocorrelated Data.- 3.5. Application of Trend Tests to Hydrologic Data.- 3.6. Conclusions.- 4. Frequency Domain Analysis.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Conventional Spectral Analysis.- 4.3. Multi-Taper Method (MTM) of Spectral Analysis.- 4.4. Maximum Entropy Spectral Analysis.- 4.5. Spectral Analysis of Hydrologic and Climatic Data.- 4.6. Discussion of Results.- 4.7. Conclusions.- 5. Time-Frequency Analysis.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Evolutionary Spectral Analysis.- 5.3. Evolution of Line Components in Hydrologic and Climatic Data.- 5.4. Evolution of Continuous Spectra in Hydrologic and Climatic Data.- 5.5. Conclusions.- 6. Time-Scale Analysis.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Wavelet Analysis.- 6.3. Wavelet Trend Analysis.- 6.4. Identification of Dominant Scales.- 6.5. Time-Scale Distribution.- 6.6. Behavior of Hydrologic and Climatic Time Series at Different Scales.- 6.7. Conclusions.- 7. Segmentation of Non-Stationary Time Series.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Tests based on AR Models.- 7.3. A test based on wavelet analysis.- 7.4. Segmentation algorithm.- 7.5. Variations of test statistics with the AR order p.- 7.6. Sensitivity of test statistics for detecting change points.- 7.7. Performances of algorithms with and without boundary optimization.- 7.8. Conclusions about the segmentation algorithm.- 8. Estimation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Multi-taper Spectral Estimation.- 8.3. Batchelor Curve Fitting.- 8.4. Comparison of Spectral Estimation Methods.- 8.5.Batchelor Curve Fitting to Synthetic Series.- 8.6. Conclusions on Batchelor curve fitting.- 9. Segmentation of Observed Data.- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. Temperature Gradient Profiles.- 9.3. Conclusions on Segmentation of Temperature Gradient Profiles.- 9.4. Hydrologic Series.- 9.5. Conclusions on Segmentation of Hydrologic Series.- 10. Linearity and Gaussianity Analysis.- 10.1. Introduction.- 10.2. Tests for Gaussianity and Linearity (Hinich, 1982).- 10.3. Testing for Stationary Segments.- 10.4. Conclusions about Testing the Hydrologic Series.- 11. Bayesian Detection of Shifts in Hydrologic Time Series.- 11.1. Introduction.- 11.2. Data Used in this Chapter.- 11.3. A Bayesian Method to Detect Shifts in Data.- 11.4. Discussion of Results.- 11.5. Conclusions.- 12. References.- 13. Index.