This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

290 * Tue, 8/3/2010, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-13 (East)
Climate Extremes and Paleoclimate — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics and the Environment
Organizer(s): Richard Smith, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chair(s): Richard Smith, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8:35 AM A Bayesian Model for Inferring Prehistoric Temperatures from Natural Proxies Martin Tingley, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute ; Peter Huybers, Harvard University ; Konrad Hughern, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
8:55 AM Spatial Hierarchical Models for Extremes: Modeling Both Climate and Weather Effects Daniel Cooley, Colorado State University
9:15 AM Paleoclimate Extremes in Proxy Data Elizabeth C. Mannshardt-Shamseldin, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
9:35 AM A Penalized Pointwise Likelihood Approach for m-Year Precipitation Return Values Estimation Based on Regional Climate Model Output Jun Zhang, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute ; Wei Zheng, Eli Lilly and Company
9:55 AM Paleoclimatic Reconstruction of Annual Precipitation in the East, North, and Central Division of Midwest Region: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Sparse Spatial Data Rajib Paul, Western Michigan University ; Kwok Wai Lau, CSIRO ; William R. VanHove, Western Michigan University
10:15 AM Floor Discussion



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