Statistical analysis of the wind speed at the top of la Soufrière Volcano

Didier Bernard (1) , Olivier Tossa (2) , Richard Emilion (3)

1 LPAT - Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère Tropicale
2 CEREMADE - CEntre de REcherches en MAthématiques de la DEcision
3 MAPMO - Mathématiques - Analyse, Probabilités, Modélisation - Orléans

We first analyze some atmospheric parameters measured in 2004 at the top of La Soufrière volcano: wind speed, pressure and temperature. Next, we study the stochastic process of the wind speed modulus which is of interest for prediction of pollution induced by the plume. We fit to the data various models : FARIMA, periodic trend plus multifractional Brownian noise, multifractal continuous cascades. The estimations show that they evoluate during some transition phases in response to environment changes. Thus, we finally suggest, for future works, some settings that should be more appropriate: time series with regime changes and stochastic processes in random environment.

Mots clés: Atmospheric parameters; La soufrière; multiplicative cascades

Domaines: Analyse de données, Statistiques et Probabilités [physics.data-an]; Océan, Atmosphère

Didier Bernard, Olivier Tossa, Richard Emilion. Statistical analysis of the wind speed at the top of la Soufrière Volcano. 2007. ⟨hal-00165572⟩