Inverse Methods in Physical Oceanography (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics) - Hardcover

Bennett, Andrew F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521385687 ISBN 13: 9780521385688

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

Observations of ocean circulation have increased as a result of international field programmes and of remote sensing systems on artificial earth satellites. Professor Bennett's work explores the potential for inverse theory, emphasizing possibilities rather than expedient or rudimentary applications.

Review

"...gives an excellent overview of how certain techniques that have been applied to other inverse problems can be applied to tackle inverse problems arising in oceanography....accessible to well-prepared graduate students, researchers, and applied mathematicians." Fadil Santosa, Applied Mechanics Review

"...could fill an important niche in the literature." John Derber, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

"Oceanographers and meteorologists...will find that there is no substitute for this book." M. Ghil and C.L. Keppenne, PAGEOPH

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521385687
• ISBN 13: 9780521385688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368