EOS 526

Inverse Theory in Earth and Ocean Sciences

Units: 1.5

Inverse theory and its applications in Earth and Ocean Sciences. Topics include non-uniqueness, general linear least-squares, singular-value decomposition, regularization, linearization, global inversion, Bayesian inversion, and Markov-chain Monte Carlo methods. Applications will be drawn from the research literature and include topics such as inversion of seismic, acoustic and geo-electromagnetic data, tomography and matched-field inversion.

Graduate course in the Earth and Ocean Sciences program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.