The movement of oceanic water has important consequences for a variety of applications, such as climate change, biological productivity, sea-level 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 focuses on so-called inverse methods and related methods of statistical inference. Both time-independent and time-dependent problems are considered, 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 other related fields. It will also be of interest to working physical oceanographers.

This book addresses the problem of inferring the state of the ocean circulation, from a mathematical perspective.
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' ... written by an acknowledged master in the field'. The Times Higher Education Supplement
' ... should prove to be a very good introductory text'. G. Zimmerman, Mainz



Book Information
ISBN 9780521480901
Author Carl Wunsch
Format Hardback
Page Count 458
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1072g
Dimensions(mm) 262mm * 190mm * 27mm