R-vine models for spatial time series with an application to daily mean temperature

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DOI10.1111/BIOM.12279zbMATH Open1390.62326arXiv1403.3500OpenAlexW1532001286WikidataQ41466582 ScholiaQ41466582MaRDI QIDQ3459928FDOQ3459928


Authors: Tobias Michael Erhardt, Claudia Czado, Ulf Schepsmeier Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 11 January 2016

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce an extension of R-vine copula models for the purpose of spatial dependency modeling and model based prediction at unobserved locations. The newly derived spatial R-vine model combines the flexibility of vine copulas with the classical geostatistical idea of modeling spatial dependencies by means of the distances between the variable locations. In particular the model is able to capture non-Gaussian spatial dependencies. For the purpose of model development and as an illustration we consider daily mean temperature data observed at 54 monitoring stations in Germany. We identify a relationship between the vine copula parameters and the station distances and exploit it in order to reduce the huge number of parameters needed to parametrize a 54-dimensional R-vine model needed to fit the data. The new distance based model parametrization results in a distinct reduction in the number of parameters and makes parameter estimation and prediction at unobserved locations feasible. The prediction capabilities are validated using adequate scoring techniques, showing a better performance of the spatial R-vine copula model compared to a Gaussian spatial model.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.3500




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