The Ocean Circulation Inverse Problem

ISBN-13: 9780521480901 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 458 str.

Carl Wunsch

Opis

This book addresses the problem of inferring the state of ocean circulation, understanding it dynamically, and forecasting it through a quantitative combination of theory and observation. It focuses on so-called inverse methods and related methods of statistical inference. The author considers both time-independent and time-dependent problems, 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 related fields. It will also be of interest to working physical oceanographers.

Recenzje

' … should prove to be a very good introductory text'. G. Zimmerman, Mainz

Spis treści

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.