Geophysical data analysis : discrete inverse theory / William Menke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menke, William.

Series:

International geophysics series ; v. 45.

International geophysics series ; v. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics--Measurement.

Geophysics.

Oceanography--Measurement.

Oceanography.

Inverse problems (Differential equations)--Numerical solutions.

Inverse problems (Differential equations).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Please use extracts from reviews of first editionKey Features* Updated and thoroughly revised edition* additional material on geophysical/acoustic tomography* Detailed discussion of application of inverse theory to tectonic, gravitational and geomagnetic studies

Contents:

Front Cover; Geophysical Data Analysis: Discrete Inverse Theory; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. DESCRIBING INVERSE PROBLEMS; 1.1 Formulating Inverse Problems; 1.2 The Linear Inverse Problem; 1.3 Examples of Formulating Inverse Problems; 1.4 Solutions to Inverse Problems; CHAPTER 2. SOME COMMENTS ON PROBABILITY THEORY; 2.1 Noise and Random Variables; 2.2 Correlated Data; 2.3 Functions of Random Variables; 2.4 Gaussian Distributions; 2.5 Testing the Assumption of Gaussian Statistics; 2.6 Confidence Intervals

CHAPTER 3. SOLUTION OF THE LINEAR, GAUSSIAN INVERSE PROBLEM, VIEWPOINT 1: THE LENGTH METHOD3.1 The Lengths of Estimates; 3.2 Measures of Length; 3.3 Least Squares for a Straight Line; 3.4 The Least Squares Solution of the Linear Inverse Problem; 3.5 Some Examples; 3.6 The Existence of the Least Squares Solution; 3.7 The Purely Underdetermined Problem; 3.8 Mixed-Determined Problems; 3.9 Weighted Measures of Length as a Type of A Priori Information; 3.10 Other Types of A Priori Information; 3.11 The Variance of the Model Parameter Estimates

3.12 Variance and Prediction Error of the Least Squares SolutionCHAPTER 4. SOLUTION OF THE LINEAR, GAUSSIAN INVERSE PROBLEM, VIEWPOINT 2: GENERALIZED INVERSES; 4.1 Solutions versus Operators; 4.2 The Data Resolution Matrix; 4.3 The Model Resolution Matrix; 4.4 The Unit Covariance Matrix; 4.5 Resolution and Covariance of Some Generalized Inverses; 4.6 Measures of Goodness of Resolution and Covariance; 4.7 Generalized Inverses with Good Resolution and Covariance; 4.8 Sidelobes and the Backus-Gilbert Spread Function; 4.9 The Backus-Gilbert Generalized Inverse for the Underdetermined Problem

4.10 Including the Covariance Size4.11 The Trade-off of Resolution and Variance; CHAPTER 5. SOLUTION OF THE LINEAR, GAUSSIAN INVERSE PROBLEM, VIEWPOINT 3: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; 5.1 The Mean of a Group of Measurements; 5.2 Maximum Likelihood Solution of the Linear Inverse Problem; 5.3 A Priori Distributions; 5.4 Maximum Likelihood for an Exact Theory; 5.5 Inexact Theories; 5.6 The Simple Gaussian Case with a Linear Theory; 5.7 The General Linear, Gaussian Case; 5.8 Equivalence of the Three Viewpoints; 5.9 The F Test of Error Improvement Significance

5.10 Derivation of the Formulas of Section 5.7CHAPTER 6. NONUNIQUENESS AND LOCALIZED AVERAGES; 6.1 Null Vectors and Nonuniqueness; 6.2 Null Vectors of a Simple Inverse Problem; 6.3 Localized Averages of Model Parameters; 6.4 Relationship to the Resolution Matrix; 6.5 Averages versus Estimates; 6.6 Nonunique Averaging Vectors and A Priori Information; CHAPTER 7. APPLICATIONS OF VECTOR SPACES; 7.1 Model and Data Spaces; 7.2 Householder Transformations; 7.3 Designing Householder Transformations; 7.4 Transformations That Do Not Preserve Length; 7.5 The Solution of the Mixed - Determined Problem

7.6 Singular-Value Decomposition and the Natural Generalized Inverse

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 277-280.

ISBN:

1-282-16717-0

9786612167171

0-08-050732-8

OCLC:

476274718