Statistical Analysis: Influence of Sea Surface Temperature on Precipitation and Temperature in San Francisco By Gavin Gratson
West-Coast Drought Glacial Change:
Cumulative Distribution Function El-Nino SST Max: 2 Mean: 1.2 Still trending up
El Nino vs All SST Data
Histogram El-Nino SST
Average El-Nino SST vs average for most recent El-Nino P= %>5% Cannot reject H 0, not significantly higher SST for most recent El-Nino inconclusive because most recent isn’t finished yet, average should increase Max SST average vs Max SST for most recent El-Nino P=13.35% 13.35%>5% Cannot reject H 0, not significantly higher SST for most recent El-Nino inconclusive because most recent isn’t finished yet, max SST could increase t-test
Autocorrelation El-Nino/non El-Nino P 11 =89.33% r 1 =.8591
Simple Linear Regression: SST vs Temp R 2 very low minimal correlation
Simple Linear Regression: SST vs Precipitation R 2 very low minimal correlation
Multiple Linear Regression Average Temperature is the best predictor SST values actually the worst Predictor:R 2 : SST Precipitation Temperature
Principal Component Analysis: All Three Confirms findings from Linear regressions