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Multi-resolution models

for large data sets

Douglas Nychka,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

National Science Foundation IAM Retreat, NCAR, August 2013

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Outline

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• Surface observations of rainfall

• Compact basis functions (Φ),

Markov Random fields (H)

• The multi-resolution model

• Mean summer rainfall

• Trends in rainfall

Key idea: Introduce sparse basis and precisionmatrices without compromising the spatial model.

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Estimating a curve or surface.

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An additive statistical model:

Given n pairs of observations (xi, yi), i = 1, . . . , n

yi = g(xi) + εi

εi’s are random errors and g is an unknown, smooth realization of a

Gaussian process.

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Observed mean summer precipitation

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1720 stations reporting, ”mean” for 1950-2010

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Observed JJA Precipitation ( .1 mm)

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A 1-d cartoon ...

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8 basis functions 8 (random) weights

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weighted basis Random curve

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A Multiresolution

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8 basis functions

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16 basis functions

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Adding them up

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0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 6 8

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Distributions of coefficients

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Uncorrelated (stationary)

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Different variability

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Different Correlation

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Back to climate data

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Some details for observed data:

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• Used log transformation and weighted by number of observations

• Used stereographic projection for locations

• Elevation included as linear fixed effect.

• Covariance parameters found by maximum likelihood

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Predicted surface

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Predicted surface Pointwise standard errors

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Breaking down into multi resolution

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lon/lat Levels: 1 2 3

6.2 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.0log cm

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More on Uncertainty

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EstimatedTrend in Summer Rainfall Average for Domain

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Summary

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• Computational efficiency gained by compact basisfunctions and sparse precision matrix.

• Flexibility in model to account for nonstationary spa-tial dependence.

• Multi-resolution can approximate standard covariancefamilies (e.g. Matern)

See LatticeKrig package in R

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Thank you!

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