Statistical Analysis of Environtmental Space Time Processes

This book presents knowledge gained by the authors along with methods they developed, over more than 30 years of experience measuring, modeling, and mapping environmental space-time fields. That experience embraces both large (continentwide) spatial domains and small. In part it comes from their research, working with students as well as coinvestigators. But much was gained from all sorts of interactions with many individuals who have had to contend with the challenges these fields present. They include statistical as well as subject area scientists, in areas as diverse as analytical chennstry, air sampling, atmospheric science, environmental epidemiology, environmental risk management, and occupational health among others. We have collaborated and consulted with government scientists as well as policy-makers, in all, a large group of individuals from whom we have learned a lot and to whom we are indebted. We hope all in these diverse groups will find something of value in this book. We believe it will also benefit graduate students, both in statistics and subject areas who must deal with the analysis of environmental fields .