Time Series Analysis
about
Welcome to Time Series Analysis for Environmental Sciences (71106) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This is Yair Mau, your host for today. I am a senior lecturer at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, in Rehovot, Israel.
This website contains (almost) all the material you’ll need for the course. If you find any mistakes, or have any comments, please email me.
disclaimer
does not constitute a stand alone course in Time Series Analysis. This is only the support material for the actual presential course I give.
what, who, when and where?
syllabus
course description
Data analysis of time series, with practical examples from environmental sciences.
course aims
This course aims at giving the students a broad overview of the main steps involved in the analysis of time series: data management, data wrangling, visualization, analysis, and forecast. The course will provide a hands-on approach, where students will actively engage with real-life datasets from the field of environmental science.
learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module,students should be able to:
- Explore a time-series dataset, while formulating interesting questions.
- Choose the appropriate tools to attack the problem and answer the questions.
- Communicate their findings and the methods they used to achieve them, using graphs, statistics, text, and a well-documented code.
books and other sources
grading
There will be assignments during the semester (totaling 50% of the final grade), and one final project (50%).