Inverse methods in physical oceanography
Andrew F Bennett
Professor Bennett's work explores the potential for inverse theory, emphasizing possibilities rather than expedient or rudimentary applications. In addition to interpolating the data and adding realism to the model solutions, the methods can yield estimates for unobserved flow variables, forcing fields, and model parameters. Inverse formulations can resolve ill-posed modeling problems, lead to design criteria for oceanic observing systems, and enable the testing of models as scientific hypothesis. Ocean models considered range from linear, finite-dimensional systems of equality and inequality constraints, to nonlinear, regional primitive-equation models. Examples from the recent oceanographic literature are analyzed, and several outstanding research problems are surveyed. The methods employ solution techniques including Kalman filters and smoothers, representer expansions and descent algorithms. Exercises of varying difficulty rehearse technical skills and supplement the central theoretical development
Categorie:
Anno:
2003
Casa editrice:
Cambridge University Press
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
367
ISBN 10:
0521385687
ISBN 13:
9780521385688
Collana:
Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematics
File:
PDF, 12.22 MB
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english, 2003