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Corporate Author National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Statistics and Oceanography.

Title 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.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 62 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Support provided by the Office of Naval Research.
Panel co-chairs : Dudley B. Chelton and William F. Eddy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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""
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Subject Oceanography -- Statistics.
Oceanography.
Genre/Form Statistics.
Electronic books.
Statistics.
Added Author Chelton, Dudley, 1952-
Eddy, William F.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Mathematical Sciences.
National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.
Other Form: Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics. Panel on Statistics and Oceanography. Statistics and physical oceanography. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1993 (OCoLC)29370563
ISBN 0309571545 (electronic book)
9780309571548 (electronic book)