ColloquiumSpeaker:
Dr. Robert Lund, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair Department of Statistics
University of California
Santa Cruz, USA
Title: A Statistical View of Some Climate Change Controversies
Bio:
Professor Robert Lund received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University and PhD in statistics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Professor Lund is a Professor and department Chair of statistics at the Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a 2007 elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and was the 2005-2007 Chief Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association. He has published over 110 refereed papers and has graduated 26 PhD students. His research expertise lies in probability and statistical climatology.
Abstract:
This talk examines three recent controversies in climate from a statistical viewpoint. The questions considered are
1) Have global warming rates increased recently?
2) What changes are we seeing in the Earth’s hurricanes and tropical cyclone frequencies?
3) How is snow cover changing on our planet?
Statistical changepoint methods are used to analyze data associated with the first two questions. A Markov chain approach is developed to analyze weekly satellite pictures of the Earth to answer the third question. Some interesting findings, both good and bad for mankind, are made.
Day & Time: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:00pm
Location: Anthony P. Toldo Health Education Centre, Room 200, 455 California Ave, Windsor, ON N9B 2Y9
Counts toward seminar attendance for MSc and PhD students in Math & Stats.