The Center for Environmental Statistics (CES) analyzes and models data sets describing various environmental and ecological issues, including wildfires, earthquakes, water supply and water quality, weather, climate, and air quality. The emphasis is primarily on statistical methods for spatial-temporal data. The Center specializes in:
- modeling and forecasting of earthquakes using spatial-temporal point process models,
- modeling and understanding internal variability of the atmosphere, ocean and cryosphere,
- studying the joint behavior of temperature and humidity in a changing climate,
- description and quantification of the spatial-temporal spread of epidemic diseases,
- especially in the United States and in Africa,* forecasting the occurrence and spread of wildfires in Southern California.
- teaching environmental statistics at both the graduate and upper division undergraduate levels.