This book offers the theory of causal analysis and its applications. The authors have developed this book in relation to its applications to four climatological phenomena to prove the theory of causal analysis in time sequential data analysis.

Local Causal Test and the Partial Causal Test are used to study the theory of causal analysis. These are then applied to understand the climate effects of the eruption at Mt. Pinatubo, the effect of the El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The reader learns about Test(S), a statistical test used to determine if the statistical properties of the data, such as mean and variance, remain constant over time within a local window. The authors also use the Stationary Test and Causality Test in time series to explore relationships within a localized subset of data as witnessed from the climate phenomenon. The book looks at the eruption at Mt. Pinatubo, ENSO, and NAO and applies causal theory to study the resultant air temperature at the 1000 hPa pressure level, geopotential height of 1000 hPa pressure surface, and surface precipitation. The program code of the causal analysis is offered for readers to be able to reconfirm the results and apply it to other time-sequential data.

This book is useful for researchers and graduate students of applied mathematics, physics, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, engineering technology, and economics.

About the Author

Yuji Nakano is Emeritus Professor at Shiga University, with the Faculty of Economics, where he has made significant contributions to the field of economics. His most recent research was on the nonlinear causal analysis of economic time series.

Osamu Morita is currently a guest Professor at Fukuoka University, who specializes in meteorology, physics, and earth and planetary sciences. He is particularly known for his work in geophysical fluid dynamics, the processes governing the movement of fluids on Earth, such as oceans and the atmosphere.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032993041
Author Yuji Nakano
Format Hardback
Page Count 118
Imprint Chapman & Hall/CRC
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd