Basic detection and categorisation of events
Robert Schlegel
Sorbonne Université
2023-07-24
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
–Dalai Lama
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.
–Pablo Picasso
We are interested in the why more than the how.
However, to evolve the why we need a deep understanding of the how.
But beware, if we focus on the how, we may get stuck in dogmatic thinking and forget the why.
How:
Statistical decomposition of temperature time series
Why:
- Reference point around which to investigate:
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- physical forces of extreme temperature
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- bio/ecological impacts of extreme temperature
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- socio/economic impacts of extreme temperature
How - categories
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Hobday et al. (2018) Categorizing and Naming Marine Heatwaves
Detecting extreme events
- Pick a time series
- Set the baseline period
- Chose a threshold value
- Detect consecutive days
- Calculate metrics
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