Anomaly (natural sciences)
In the
systematic difference between a measurement and a trend or a model prediction.[1]
Similarly, a standardized anomaly equals an anomaly divided by a standard deviation.[1]
A group of anomalies can be analyzed spatially, as a map, or temporally, as a time series.
It should not be confused for an isolated outlier.
There are examples in atmospheric sciences and in geophysics.
Calculation
The
deseasonalization
filter.
Robust statistics, resistant to the effects of outliers, are sometimes used as the basis of the transformation.[1]
Examples
Atmospheric sciences
In the atmospheric sciences, the climatological
El Niño, while NAO plays an important role for European weather by modification of the exit of the Atlantic storm track
.
A climate normal can also be used to derive a climate anomaly.[2]
Geophysics
- Gravity anomaly, difference between the observed gravity and a value predicted from a model
- Bouguer anomaly, anomaly in gravimetry
- Free-air anomaly, gravity anomaly that has been computed for latitude and corrected for elevation of the station
- Iridium anomaly, an unusual abundance of what is normally a very rare element in the Earth's crust
- Magnetic anomaly, local variation in the Earth's magnetic field
- Bangui magnetic anomaly, in central Africa
- Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast
- Temagami Magnetic Anomaly, large buried geologic structure in the Temagami region of Ontario, Canada
See also
- Bias (statistics)
- Climate oscillation
- Frequency spectrum
- Innovation (signal processing)
- Least squares
- Least-squares spectral analysis
- Temperature anomaly
References
- ^ ISBN 0-12-751965-3(page 42)
- ISBN 9780585295732– via Google Books.