Inverse Methods in Physical Oceanography.

Abstract

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.