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Bayesian Hierarchical Space-Time Models with Application to Significant Wave Height (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)
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Bayesian Hierarchical Space-Time Models with Application to Significant Wave Height (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)
Series: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, 2
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This book provides an example of a thorough statistical treatment
of ocean wave data in space and time. It demonstrates how the
flexible framework of Bayesian hierarchical space-time models can
be applied to oceanographic processes such as significant wave
height in order to describe dependence structures and uncertainties
in the data. This monograph is a research book and it is partly
cross-disciplinary. The methodology itself is firmly rooted in the
statistical research tradition, based on probability theory and
stochastic processes. However, that methodology has been applied to
a problem in the field of physical oceanography, analyzing data for
significant wave height, which is of crucial importance to ocean
engineering disciplines. Indeed, the statistical properties of
significant wave height are important for the design, construction
and operation of ships and other marine and coastal structures.
Furthermore, the book addresses the question of whether climate
change has an effect of the ocean wave climate, and if so what that
effect might be. Thus, this book is an important contribution to
the ongoing debate on climate change, its implications and how to
adapt to a changing climate, with a particular focus on the
maritime industries and the marine environment. This book should be
of value to anyone with an interest in the statistical modelling of
environmental processes, and in particular to those with an
interest in the ocean wave climate. It is written on a level that
should be understandable to everyone with a basic background in
statistics or elementary mathematics, and an introduction to some
basic concepts is provided in the appendices for the uninitiated
reader. The intended readership includes students and professionals
involved in statistics, oceanography, ocean engineering,
environmental research, climate sciences and risk assessment.
Moreover, the book’s findings are relevant for various
stakeholders in the maritime industries such as design offices,
classification societies, ship owners, yards and operators, flag
states and intergovernmental agencies such as the IMO.
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