Overview
Description
Strategies for inferring internal properties of earth with exact and uncertain data. Applications include current topics in seismology, gravity, magnetics, other fields of geophysics.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- understand and apply various methods to fit geophysical data with a model that requires determination of unknown parameters; they will distinguish among overdetermined, mixed-determined, and underdetermined problems.
- demonstrate understanding of ways to deal with the null space in the process of obtaining a model that fits the data since most geophysical inverse problems are underdetermined.
- read research papers that apply inverse theory, understand the methodology that is used, and be able to critically evaluate the results that are obtained.