Book contents
- Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
- Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Thinking Environmental Science
- Part II Doing Environmental Science
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Part III Communicating Environmental Science
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Working in Excel
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Chapter 9
from Part II - Doing Environmental Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021
- Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
- Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Thinking Environmental Science
- Part II Doing Environmental Science
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Part III Communicating Environmental Science
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Working in Excel
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Summary
In Chapter 8, the Mauna Loa CO2 data from 1958 to 2017 was decomposed to isolate the annual signal from the long-term trend. That exercise demonstrated that two non-interacting cycles, existing in the very same data set, can be considered separately. Once isolated, the amplitude of each cycle can be compared to identify the relative dominance of the different signals. Taking this to heart, a conceptual understanding of time series analysis can be developed.
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- Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science , pp. 116 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021