Annual Report 2008.pdf - SAMSI

Presentations:
Change of Spatiotemporal Scale in Dynamic – 5 November 2007
Reanalysis of Ozone Health Effects based on Rollback functions – April 2008
Research Area – Plans:
1. Spatiotemporal modeling for environmental data including NMMAPS data and
Bayesian Inference on risk related issues such as ozone.
Working Group IV Sensor Design
Research Area – Plans:
1. Statistical design for ecological sensor network deployment
Working Group V Sensor Network Datasets
Special Tasks: Webmaster
Presentations:
Statistical Soil Moisture Dynamic Modeling – 31 January 2008
Research Area – Plans:
1. Spatiotemporal modeling for ecological sensor network data
Progress Report
Working Group I Multivariate Extremes - Methodology
Research Areas
Modeling of Atlantic Hurricanes
Collaborator & Mentor: Richard Smith
We introduce various statistical models for Atlantic hurricane occurrences. The relationships
between hurricane occurrences and climate factors such as northern Atlantic sea surface
temperature, global surface temperature and various Atlantic oscillations are explored by using
the climate data during 1900-2002.
Publications, Submissions, Work in Preparation
1. Statistical Analysis of Atlantic Tropical Storms
Working Group II Environmental Risk Applications
Research Areas
Reanalysis of Ozone Health Effects
Collaborators & Mentors: Bahjat Qaqish and Richard Smith
We present a risk assessment analysis of the potential effect that various regulatory standards for ozone may have on
the incidence of respiratory-related mortality. The analysis uses roll-back functions as models for the potential
effect of regulatory standards. The statistical methods are based on hierarchical Bayesian models. The objective is to
obtain estimates of the effects of various regulatory standards, estimates of their variability, and the effects of
various modeling assumptions on those estimates.
Publications, Submissions, Work in Preparation
2. Y. Kim, B. Qaqish and R. Ignaccolo – An Analysis of the potential impact of various
regulatory standards for ozone on the incidence of respiratory-related mortality
Presentations outside SAMSI
• How Changing the Ozone Standard Affect Respiratory Mortality
o Interface 2008 – Durham, May 2008
• An Analysis of the potential impact of various regulatory standards for ozone on the
incidence of respiratory-related mortality
o Joint Statistical Meetings – Denver, August 2008
Working Group III Sensor Network Design
Research Areas