
Inverse Methods For Atmospheric Sounding: Theory And Practice
Theory and Practice
- 256 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Remote sounding of the atmosphere has proved to be a fruitful method of obtaining global information about the atmospheres of the earth and other planets. This book treats comprehensively the inverse problem of remote sounding, and discusses a wide range of retrieval methods for extracting atmospheric parameters of interest from the quantities (thermal emission, for example) that can be measured remotely. Inverse theory is treated in depth from an estimation-theory point of view, but practical questions are also emphasized, such as designing observing systems to obtain the maximum quantity of information, efficient numerical implementation of algorithms for processing large quantities of data, error analysis and approaches to the validation of the resulting retrievals. The book is targeted at graduate students as well as scientists.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Information Aspects
- Chapter 3 Error Analysis and Characterisation
- Chapter 4 Optimal Linear Inverse Methods
- Chapter 5 Optimal Methods for Non-linear Inverse Problems
- Chapter 6 Approximations, Short Cuts and Ad-hoc Methods
- Chapter 7 The Kalman Filter
- Chapter 8 Global Data Assimilation
- Chapter 9 Numerical Methods for Forward Models and Jacobians
- Chapter 10 Construction and Use of Prior Constraints
- Chapter 11 Designing an Observing System
- Chapter 12 Testing and Validating an Observing System
- Appendix A Algebra of Matrices and Vectors
- Appendix B Answers to Exercises
- Appendix C Terminology and Notation
- Bibliography
- Index