Inverse Modeling of the Ocean and Atmosphere
Inverse Modeling of the Ocean and Atmosphere
Inverse Modeling of the Ocean and Atmosphere is a graduate-level book for students of oceanography and meteorology, and anyone interested in combining computer models and observations of the hydrosphere or solid earth. A step-by-step development of maximally efficient inversion algorithms, using ideal models, is complemented by computer codes and comprehensive details for realistic models. Variational tools and statistical concepts are concisely introduced, and applications to contemporary research models, together with elaborate observing systems, are examined in detail. The book offers a review of the various alternative approaches, and further advanced research topics are discussed. Derived from the author's lecture notes, this book constitutes an ideal course companion for graduate students, as well as being a valuable reference source for researchers and managers in theoretical earth science, civil engineering and applied mathematics.
- This is a rapidly growing area of research with important implications for the current climate change debate and numerical weather prediction
- There are very few books that tackle this subject and none which compete with the thorough treatment given in this book
- Designed for graduates, with extensive computing exercises
- Overheads are available from the author's ftp site
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9780521021579
260 pages
245 × 170 × 14 mm
0.418kg
41 b/w illus.
Table of Contents
- Preamble
- 1. Variational assimilation
- 2. Interpretation
- 3. Implementation
- 4. The varieties of linear and nonlinear estimation
- 5. The ocean and the atmosphere
- 6. Ill-posed forecasting problems
- References
- Appendix A. Computing exercises
- Appendix B. Euler-Lagrange equations for a numerical weather prediction model
- Index.
