1. Reduced-dimensional Non-Gaussian Spatial Models and Statistical Methods for Studying the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Open Access Author: Guan, Yawen Title: Reduced-dimensional Non-Gaussian Spatial Models and Statistical Methods for Studying the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Graduate Program: Statistics Keywords: Spatial ModelNon-Gaussian Spatial DataMarkov chain Monte Carlo Expectation MaximizationWest Antarctic Ice SheetGlacier DynamicsBayesian Hierarchical ModelGaussian ProcessLatent Gaussian Process Model File: Download YawenGuan-dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Murali Haran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorMurali Haran, Committee Chair/Co-ChairFrancesca Chiaromonte, Committee MemberEphraim Mont Hanks, Committee MemberChris Eliot Forest, Outside Member