The Ocean Circulation Inverse Problem

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-521-48090-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 458 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1050 g

The movement of oceanic water has important consequences for a variety of applications, such as climate change, biological productivity, sea-level change, weather forecasting, and many others. This book addresses the problem of inferring the state of the ocean circulation, understanding it dynamically, and even forecasting it through a quantitative combination of theory and observation. It focuses on so-called inverse methods and related methods of statistical inference. Both time-independent and time-dependent problems are considered, including Gauss-Markov estimation, sequential estimators and adjoint/Pontryagin principle methods. This book is intended for use as a graduate level text for students of oceanography and other related fields. It will also be of interest to working physical oceanographers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wunsch, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Notation; 1. Introduction; 2. Physics of the ocean circulation; 3. Basic machinery; 4. The steady ocean circulation inverse problem; 5. Additional useful methods; 6. The time-dependent inverse problem; References.