Bayesian Hierarchical Space-Time Models with Application to Significant Wave Height
This book provides an example of a thorough statistical treatment in space and time of ocean wave data. It is demonstrated how the flexible framework of Bayesian hierarchical space-time models can be applied to oceanographic processes such as significant
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Erik Vanem
Bayesian Hierarchical Space–Time Models with Application to Significant Wave Height
Ocean Engineering & Oceanography Volume 2
Series Editors Manhar R. Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA Nikolas Xiros, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10524
Erik Vanem
Bayesian Hierarchical Space–Time Models with Application to Significant Wave Height
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Foreword by
Author Erik Vanem Department of Mathematics University of Oslo Oslo Norway
Elzbieta Maria Bitner-Gregersen Det Norske Veritas Høvik Norway Christopher K. Wikle Department of Statistics University of Missouri Columbia, MO USA
ISSN 2194-6396 ISBN 978-3-642-30252-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-30253-4
ISSN 2194-640X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-30253-4 (eBook)
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