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Statistics and physical oceanography / Panel on Statistics and Oceanography, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Board on Mathematical Sciences, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Statistics and Oceanography.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oceanography--Statistical methods.
- Oceanography.
- Oceanography--Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (72 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""STATISTICS AND PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""1 OVERVIEW""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Purpose and Scope of This Report""; ""Oceanography�A Brief Sketch""; ""OCEANOGRAPHIC MODELING, DATA, AND NOISE""; ""The Many Meanings of the Term “Model�""; ""Diverse Definitions of the Term “Data�""; ""Low Noise Is Good Noise""; ""2 STATISTICAL ISSUES IN THE MULTIPLE-SCALE VARIABILITY OF OCEANOGRAPHIC FIELDS ""; ""OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY""; ""SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS""; ""ISSUES FOR STATISTICAL RESEARCH""; ""3 LAGRANGIAN AND EULERIAN DATA AND MODELS ""
- ""PROSPECTIVE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH""""4 FEATURE IDENTIFICATION ""; ""TRACKING OF FRONTS AND RINGS""; ""SEA ICE TRACKING""; ""ESTIMATION OF HORIZONTAL VELOCITIES FROM IMAGE SEQUENCES""; ""PROSPECTIVE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH""; ""5 VISUALIZATION ""; ""USES OF VISUALIZATION""; ""CHALLENGES FOR VISUALIZATION""; ""OUTSTANDING STATISTICAL ISSUES""; ""6 INTERPOLATION, NONLINEAR SMOOTHING, FILTERING, AND PREDICTION ""; ""INTERPOLATION OF SATELLITE DATA SETS""; ""Characteristics of Satellite Data""; ""Mapping Satellite Data: Motivation and Methods""
- ""DATA ASSIMILATION: USE OF DYNAMICAL MODELS FOR SMOOTHING AND FILTERING""""INVERSE METHODS""; ""PROSPECTIVE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH""; ""7 MODEL AND DATA COMPARISONS ""; ""8 NON-GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS ""; ""STATISTICAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES""; ""9 ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATISTICIANS AND OCEANOGRAPHERS ""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""OBSERVATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""
- Notes:
- Support provided by the Office of Naval Research.
- Panel co-chairs : Dudley B. Chelton and William F. Eddy.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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