diff --git a/src/detrend.py b/src/detrend.py
index 9de8111..89eb2d4 100644
--- a/src/detrend.py
+++ b/src/detrend.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from smoothingspline import spline
+import emdecomp as emd
 from autoreg import ar_func
 import curvefit
 
@@ -45,8 +46,17 @@
 # differences
 def detrend(data, fit="spline", method="residual"):
     nullremoved_data = data.dropna()
-    yi = spline(data.dropna())
-    residual(nullremoved_data, yi)
+    if fit=="spline":
+        yi = spline(nullremoved_data)
+        residual(nullremoved_data, yi)
+
+    #Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD)
+    elif fit=="emd":
+        imfs = emd.emd(nullremoved_data)
+        imfs_p = emd.phase_spectrum(imfs)
+        mis = emd.phase_mi(imfs_p)
+        stochastic_component, yi = emd.divide_signal(nullremoved_data, imfs, mis, cutoff=0.5)
+        residual(nullremoved_data, yi)
 
 # Detrends by finding ratio of original series data to curve data
 def residual(series, yi):
diff --git a/src/emdecomp.py b/src/emdecomp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d345cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emdecomp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+__copyright__ = """
+   dplPy for tree ring width time series analyses
+   Copyright (C) 2022  OpenDendro
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+__license__ = "GNU GPLv3"
+
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Date: 5/27/2022
+# Author: Grigoriy Lozhkin
+# Title: emdecomp.py
+# Description: This contains the spline method which fits
+#              a series to a spline curve.
+# example usage (in other file):
+# from emdecomp import emd
+# yi = emd(series)
+
+
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.fft import fft
+from PyEMD import EMD
+from sktime.datasets import load_airline, load_shampoo_sales
+from sklearn.feature_selection import mutual_info_regression
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+def emd(signal):
+   emd = EMD()
+   imfs = emd(signal.values)
+   return imfs
+
+
+def phase_spectrum(imfs):
+   imfs_p = []
+   for i, imf in enumerate(imfs):
+        trans = fft(imf)
+        imf_p = np.arctan(trans.imag / trans.real)   
+        imfs_p.append(imf_p)
+        
+   return imfs_p
+
+def phase_mi(phases):
+   mis = []
+   for i in range(len(phases)-1):
+        mis.append(mutual_info_regression(phases[i].reshape(-1, 1), phases[i+1])[0])
+        
+   return np.array(mis)
+
+def divide_signal(signal, imfs, mis, cutoff=0.05):
+
+   x = signal.index.to_numpy()
+   y = signal.to_numpy()
+
+   cut_point = np.where(mis > cutoff)[0][0]
+   stochastic_component = np.sum(imfs[:cut_point], axis=0)
+   deterministic_component = np.sum(imfs[cut_point:], axis=0)
+    
+   t = [i for i in range(len(signal))]
+    
+   fig, axs = plt.subplots(3, 1, figsize=(15,8))
+   axs[0].plot(t, signal.values)
+   axs[0].set_title('Original Signal')
+    
+   axs[1].plot(t, stochastic_component)
+   axs[1].set_title('Stochastic Component')
+    
+   axs[2].plot(t, deterministic_component)
+   axs[2].set_title('Deterministic Component')
+    
+   plt.show()
+
+   plt.plot(x, y, "o", x, deterministic_component, "-")
+   plt.show()
+   return stochastic_component, deterministic_component
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+