A test for stationarity of spatio-temporal random fields on planar and spherical domains

Mikyoung Jun*, Marc G. Genton

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Abstract

A formal test for weak stationarity of spatial and spatio-temporal random fields is proposed. We consider the cases where the spatial domain is planar or spherical, and we do not require distributional assumptions for the random fields. The method can be applied to univariate or to multivariate random fields. Our test is based on the asymptotic normality of certain statistics that are functions of estimators of covariances at certain spatial and temporal lags under weak stationarity. Simulation results for spatial as well as spatio-temporal cases on the two types of spatial domains are reported. We describe the results of testing the stationarity of Pacific wind data, and of testing the axial symmetry of climate model errors for surface temperature using the NOAA GFDL model outputs and the observations from the Climate Research Unit in East Anglia and the Hadley Centre.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1737-1764
Number of pages28
JournalSTATISTICA SINICA
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2012

Keywords

  • Asymptotic normality
  • Axial symmetry
  • Climate model output
  • Increasing domain asymptotics
  • Inference
  • Pacific wind data
  • Stationarity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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