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
- Corporate Author
- National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Statistics and Oceanography
- Published
- Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 62 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Chelton, Dudley, 1952-, Eddy, William F., National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Mathematical Sciences, and National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications
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- 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 RESEARCH4 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, and Data assimilation: use of dynamical models for smoothing and filteringinverse 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
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- ISBN
- 0309571545 (electronic bk.)
9780309571548 (electronic bk.) - Note
- Support provided by the Office of Naval Research.
Panel co-chairs : Dudley B. Chelton and William F. Eddy. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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