Praktische Statistik für Meteorologen und Geowissenschaftler

Natural science subjects, in which a lot of measurement or model data are generated, require a correct, sensible and accurate application of statistical analysis methods. This applies not only to meteorologists and all geoscientists, to whom this book is primarily addressed. It can also be used successfully by other natural scientists such as biologists and in the economic and humanities sciences. The author first introduces the general principles as well as the "philosophy" and problems of statistics. This is done in an easily understandable way, without presupposing in-depth mathematical knowledge. In addition, however, newer and more complex methods such as cluster, EOF, neural network and various aspects of time series analysis are discussed and further literature is referred to. Many examples, all of them simple, explain the.