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Statistics and Physical Oceanography

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1 - OVERVIEW (Postscript of Chapter 1: chapter1.ps: 974K bytes)
- 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 (Postscript of Chapter 2: chapter2.ps: 490K bytes)
- Oceanographic Variability
- Satellite Observations
- Issues for Statistical Research
3 - LAGRANGIAN AND EULERIAN DATA AND MODELS (Postscript of Chapter 3: chapter3.ps: 1.2M bytes)
- Prospective Directions for Research
4 - FEATURE IDENTIFICATION (Postscript of Chapter 4: chapter4.ps: 670K bytes)
- Tracking of Fronts and Rings
- Sea Ice Tracking
- Estimation of Horizontal Velocities from Image Sequences
- Prospective Directions for Research
5 - VISUALIZATION (Postscript of Chapter 5: chapter5.ps: 155K bytes)
- Uses of Visualization
- Challenges for Visualization
- Outstanding Statistical Issues
6 - INTERPOLATION, NONLINEAR SMOOTHING, FILTERING, AND PREDICTION (Postscript of Chapter 6: chapter6.ps: 548K bytes)
- 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 (Postscript of Chapter 7: chapter7.ps: 420K bytes)
8 - NON-GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS (Postscript of Chapter 8: chapter8.ps: 665K bytes)
- Statistical Research Opportunities
9 - ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATISTICIANS AND OCEANOGRAPHERS (Postscript of Chapter 9: chapter9.ps: 151K bytes)
- Conclusions
- Observations and Suggestions
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Postscript of Bibliography: bibliography.ps: 258K bytes)

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