In recent years, the field of geostatistics has seen significant advancements, yet the focus on more traditional approaches remains crucial. These methods are fundamental in understanding spatially and temporally variable hydrological and environmental processes, which are vital for risk assessment and management of extreme events like floods and droughts.
This session aims to provide a comprehensive platform for researchers to present and discuss innovative applications and methodologies of geostatistics and spatio-temporal analysis in hydrology and related fields. The focus will be on traditional approaches and the assessment of uncertainties. Machine Learning approaches have specific and dedicated sessions.
We invite contributions that address the following topics (but not limited to):
1. Spatio-temporal Analysis of Hydrological and Environmental Anomalies:
- Methods for detecting and analyzing large-scale anomalies in hydrological and environmental data.
- Techniques to manage and predict extreme events based on spatio-temporal patterns.
2. Innovative Geostatistical Applications:
- Advances in spatial and spatio-temporal modeling.
- Applications in spatial reasoning and data mining.
- Reduced computational complexity methods suitable for large-scale problems.
3. Geostatistical Methods for Hydrological Extremes:
- Techniques for analyzing the dynamics of natural events, such as floods, droughts, and morphological changes.
- Utilization of copulas and other statistical tools to identify spatio-temporal relationships.
4. Optimization and Generalization of Spatial Models:
- Approaches to optimize monitoring networks and spatial models.
- Techniques for predicting regions with limited or unobserved data e.g., using physical-based model simulations or using secondary variables.
5. Uncertainty Assessment in Geostatistics:
- Methods for characterizing and managing uncertainties in spatial data.
- Applications of Bayesian Geostatistical Analysis and Generalized Extreme Value Distributions.
6. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Covariance Analysis:
- Exploring links between hydrological variables and extremes through covariance analysis.
- Applications of Gaussian and non-Gaussian models in spatial analysis and prediction.