McMaster University

Graduate Program in Statistics



STATISTICS SEMINAR



SPEAKER:
Pavlos Kanaroglou
School of Geography and Geology
McMaster University
Date :Wednesday January 15, 2003.
Time : 3:30pm
Address Burke Science Building
Room: 138
TITLE:
Problems in Spatial Statistics: Application to Spatial Interpolation of Satellite Derived Pollution Maps
ABSTRACT:
Application to Spatial Interpolation of Satellite Derived Pollution Maps Spatial Statistics as part of the wider field of Spatial Analysis is concerned with three types of problems. These are: Point Pattern Analysis, the Analysis of Spatially Continuous Data, and the Analysis of Area Data. The purpose of this seminar is twofold; first, to discuss the three types of problems in Spatial Statistics and their potential applications, and second to demonstrate the usefulness of the methodologies through a detailed description of an analysis that involves spatially continues data. Such data arise from satellite images, used to estimate the Aerosol Optical Thickness in the Visible (AOTV) that correlates highly with the level of deterioration in air quality over a study area. Such methods are viewed as substitutes for ground measurements of air pollution that are expensive and tend to be spatially sparse. With satellite methods, however, the presence of clouds and/or land use changes produce patches of missing values. With data from the city of Brescia, Italy, we demonstrate that spatial interpolation methods can provide reasonable estimates of the missing values.
About the Speaker
Dr. Pavlos Kanaroglou is a professor and holds a Canada Research Chair in the School of Geography and Geology at McMaster University. Dr. Kanaroglou's research involves applications of statistical methodology to the study of geography and demography. This has lead him to research in applied spatial statistics. Since coming to McMaster he has also been highly instrumental in the development of the Canadian Spatial Analysis Research Centre.
References
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Graduate Program in Statistics

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