Workshop 1.7: Is it Melting?

Workshop 1.7: Is it Melting?#

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In this notebook you will fit a model to a time series of height observations of a point on a glacier, to assess whether it is melting.

Learning objectives:

apply least-squares (LS) and best linear unbiased (BLU) estimation
evaluate the precision of the estimated parameters
discuss the differences between least-squares and best linear unbiased estimation

By Sandra Verhagen, Delft University of Technology. CC BY 4.0, more info on the Credits page of Workbook.