EAS 4740 - Quantitative Data Analysis for the Geosciences

(OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS, PHS-AS, SDS-AS)

Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: two semesters of calculus, and coursework in earth and atmospheric sciences at 3000-level or above. Recommended prerequisite: linear algebra. Co-meets with EAS 5740. Graduate students should enroll in EAS 5740.

G. Abers.

Geoscientists cannot perform controlled experiments, and they study processes that occur over time and distance scales that cannot fit into a laboratory, leading to unusual data analysis problems. This course first covers basic statistical methods for handling and treating noisy data of this sort, then parameter estimation from incomplete and noisy measurements, then basics of time series analysis. Examples include spatial, temporal, sequential and directional problems derived from climate science, seismology, sedimentology, structural geology, geochemistry and related fields.