ESS210B
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Steps in Compositing Analysis
qSelect the basis for
compositing and define the categories
The categories might be
related to the phase of some cyclic phenomenon or forcing, or to time
or distance from some event. For example, we can use NINO3 index as
the basis for compositing the ENSO cycle.
qCompute the means and statistics for each category
We calculate the mean SST, wind stress, or heat flux for the onset, growing, and mature phases of the ENSO cycle.
qOrganize and display the results
qValidate the results
Validation of the results can be achieved in many ways. Statistical significance tests are
only one of these.