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.
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"...should be a standard part of the tool kit taught to graduate students in physical oceanography, and Ocean Circulation Inverse Problem should be an excellent source for a course on inverse methods." G.Z. Forristall, Applied Mechanics Review
"Wunsch has been a pioneeer in adapting statistical methods from other scientific fields to oceanography...A tremendous amount of experience is distilled in this book, with emphasis on pitfalls in the application of inverse methods...The book has a very complete set of literature citations, making it a useful reference book as well as textbook." Kirk Bryan, Science
"Carl Wunsch has pioneered the application of formal methods of linear algebra and statistics to large bodies of oceanographic data..." American Scientist
"Wunsch has nicely met his objectives of producing an extensive discussion of finite-dimensional inverse methods applied to the ocean circulation inverse problem. Practitioners of inverse methods will find it an important contribution to their bookshelves because of the range of topics and the extensive bibliography. Researchers and graduate students in physical oceanography will find it a unique introduction to inverse methods with a healthy dose of critical scientific method." Philip Bogden, American Meteorological Society Bulletin
"Wunsch has been a pioneeer in adapting statistical methods from other scientific fields to oceanography...A tremendous amount of experience is distilled in this book, with emphasis on pitfalls in the application of inverse methods...The book has a very complete set of literature citations, making it a useful reference book as well as textbook." Kirk Bryan, Science
"Carl Wunsch has pioneered the application of formal methods of linear algebra and statistics to large bodies of oceanographic data..." American Scientist
"Wunsch has nicely met his objectives of producing an extensive discussion of finite-dimensional inverse methods applied to the ocean circulation inverse problem. Practitioners of inverse methods will find it an important contribution to their bookshelves because of the range of topics and the extensive bibliography. Researchers and graduate students in physical oceanography will find it a unique introduction to inverse methods with a healthy dose of critical scientific method." Philip Bogden, American Meteorological Society Bulletin
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The movement of oceanic water has important consequences for a variety of applications, such as climate change, biological productivity, sealevel 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 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.
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The ocean circulation is governed by Newton's laws of motion plus those of the thermodynamics of a heat and salt stratified fluid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data nullspace, reduced box model, nullspace vectors, solution nullspace, initial reference level, geostrophic interior, box inversions, compact resolution, property tongues, meridional flux, hydrographic sections, oceanic interior, eddy coefficients, eddy field, thermal wind equations, column scaling, row scaling, property fluxes, vorticity balance, adjoint solution, salt conservation, hydrographic stations, transient tracers, salt equations, gravitational equipotential Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Atlantic, Gulf Stream, Florida Straits, Florida Current, Pacific Ocean, South Pacific, Basic Machinery, North Pacific, Cape Hatteras, Basic Physical Elements, Indian Ocean, Variant Methods, Fram Strait, South Atlantic, The Steady Ocean Circulation Inverse Problem, The Time-Dependent Inverse Problem, Bahama Bank, Real Data Sets, Southern Ocean, The Absolute Velocity Problem New!
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The ocean circulation is governed by Newton's laws of motion plus those of the thermodynamics of a heat and salt stratified fluid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data nullspace, reduced box model, nullspace vectors, solution nullspace, initial reference level, geostrophic interior, box inversions, compact resolution, property tongues, meridional flux, hydrographic sections, oceanic interior, eddy coefficients, eddy field, thermal wind equations, column scaling, row scaling, property fluxes, vorticity balance, adjoint solution, salt conservation, hydrographic stations, transient tracers, salt equations, gravitational equipotential Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Atlantic, Gulf Stream, Florida Straits, Florida Current, Pacific Ocean, South Pacific, Basic Machinery, North Pacific, Cape Hatteras, Basic Physical Elements, Indian Ocean, Variant Methods, Fram Strait, South Atlantic, The Steady Ocean Circulation Inverse Problem, The Time-Dependent Inverse Problem, Bahama Bank, Real Data Sets, Southern Ocean, The Absolute Velocity Problem New!
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- Oceanic Circulation Models: Combining Data and Dynamics (NATO Science Series C: (closed)) by D.L.T. Anderson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Riccati differential equations, Volume 86 (Mathematics in Science and Engineering) by Reid in Back Matter
- Matrix Derivatives (Lecture Notes in Statistics Series, Vol 2) by Gerald Stanley Rogers in Back Matter
- Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling in Front Matter
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- Earth Gravity Field from Space - from Sensors to Earth Sciences (Space Sciences Series of ISSI) by G. Beutler on page 162, page 193, and page 238
- Discrete Inverse and State Estimation Problems: With Geophysical Fluid Applications by Carl Wunsch in Front Matter, page 338, and Back Matter
- Inverse Problems in Atmospheric Constituent Transport (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) by I. G. Enting on page 163, and Back Matter
- Inverse Modeling of the Ocean and Atmosphere by Andrew F. Bennett in Back Matter
- Lagrangian Fluid Dynamics (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics) by Andrew Bennett in Back Matter
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