Statistics and Data Visualization in Climate Science with R and Python

A comprehensive overview of essential statistical concepts, useful statistical methods, data visualization, and modern computing tools for the climate sciences and many others such as geography and environmental engineering. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in climatology and its connected fields who wish to learn data science, statistics, R and Python programming. The examples and exercises in the book empower readers to work on real climate data from station observations, remote sensing and simulated results. For example, students can use R or Python code to read and plot the global warming data and the global precipitation data in netCDF, csv, txt, or JSON; and compute and interpret empirical orthogonal functions. The book's computer code and real-world data allow readers to fully utilize the modern computing technology and updated datasets. Online supplementary resources include R code and Python code, data files, figure files, tutorials, slides and sample syllabi.

Samuel S. P. Shen is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University, and Visiting Research Mathematician at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Formerly, he was McCalla Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta, Canada, and President of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society. He has held visiting positions at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, and the University of Tokyo. Shen holds a B.Sc. degree in Engineering Mechanics and a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics.

Gerald R. North is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Atmospheric Science at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on modern and paleo-climate analysis, satellite remote sensing, climate and hydrology modeling, and statistical methods in atmospheric science. He is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. He has received several awards including the Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences of Texas A&M University, the Jules G. Charney medal from the American Meteorological Society, and the Scientific Achievement medal from NASA. North holds both B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics.