Synopses & Reviews
The work explores the potential for inverse theory which can combine observations of ocean circulation with numerical models.
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
Synopsis
Observations of ocean circulation have rapidly increased during the last decade, both as a result of international field programs and of remote sensing systems on artificial earth satellites. Oceanographers are increasingly turning to inverse methods for combining these observations with numerical models of ocean circulation.
Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Finite-dimensional inverse theory; 2. The smoothing of observations; 3. Data assimilation; 4. The spatial structure of the Kalman filter; 5. Generalized inverses of dynamical models; 6. Antenna analysis; 7. Nonlinear quasi-geostrophic models; 8. Open-ocean modeling: quasi-geostrophy; 9. Primitive-equation models; 10. Outstanding problems; Bibliography; Subject index.