GEOS595E DENDROCHRONOLOGY COLLOQUIUM FALL 1999
CALL # 61365

3 hour credit, meeting Monday and Wednesday 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Instructors: Charles W. Stockton and David Meko
Time Series Analysis for Dendrochronology and Other Environmental and Earth Sciences

This is a basic course in the application of time series statistical techniques to
tree-ring data and other geophysical series.  Module 1 will include basic exploratory analysis
with (emphasis on graphical methods), determination of autocorrelation function, and sample 
spectrum.  Module II will address basic modeling techniques for univariate and mutivariate time
series, including ARIMA modeling and multiple linear regression in a time series context.  Module III
will focus on spatial analysis of multiple time series, including principal components analysis and 
methods of climate reconstruction using spatial networks of tree-ring data.