Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics

Written by a group of international experts in their field this book is a review of Lagrangian observation analysis and assimilation methods in physical and biological oceanography. This multidisciplinary text presents new results on nonlinear analysis of Lagrangian dynamics the prediction of particle trajectories and Lagrangian stochastic models. It includes historical information up-to-date developments and speculation on future developments in Lagrangian-based observations analysis and modeling of physical and biological systems. Containing contributions from experimentalists theoreticians and modelers in the fields of physical oceanography marine biology mathematics and meteorology this book will be of great interest to researchers and graduate students looking for both practical applications and information on the theory of transport and dispersion in physical systems biological modeling and data assimilation.