For more than 200 years, the Fourier Transform has been one of the most important mathematical tools for understanding the dynamics
of linear wave trains. Nonlinear Ocean Waves and the Inverse Scattering Transform presents the development of the nonlinear
Fourier analysis of measured space and time series, which can be found in a wide variety of physical settings including surface water
waves, internal waves, and equatorial Rossby waves. This revolutionary development will allow hyperfast numerical modelling of nonlinear
waves, greatly advancing our understanding of oceanic surface and internal waves. Nonlinear Fourier analysis is based upon a generalization
of linear Fourier analysis referred to as the inverse scattering transform, the fundamental building block of which is
a generalized Fourier series called the Riemann theta function. Elucidating the art and science of implementing these functions in the
context of physical and time series analysis is the goal of this book.
Audience
Academia, government, and industry in the fields of ocean sciences, geophysics, and engineering mathematics.
Contents
Contents
Preface
1. Brief History of Nonlinear Water Waves, Fourier analysis and Integrability
Part I: Theoretical
and Physical Considerations
2. Theories of Water Waves
3. Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Fourier analysis
4.
The Infinite-Line Inverse Scattering Transform
5. The Periodic Inverse Scattering Transform
6. Additional Theoretical Considerations
7. Physical Perspective and Exotic Solutions
8. Extending the Inverse Scattering Transform to Higher Order
Part II:
Numerical and Time Series Analysis Algorithms
9. Numerical Methods for Infinite-Line Boundary Conditions
10. Numerical
Algorithms for the Analysis of Nonlinear Space and Time Series
11. Procedures for the Analysis of Nonlinear Wave Data
12.
Nonlinear Power Spectral Analysis
Part II: Time Series Analysis of Experimental Data
13. Surface Waves in the Laboratory
14. Surface Waves in the Adriatic Sea
15. Surface Waves at Duck Pier
16. Surface Waves in the North Sea
17. Internal
Waves in the Andaman Sea
Part IV: Future Directions
18. Engineering Applications of IST
19. Chaotic Dynamics Nonlinear
Wave Equations and Water Waves
Books and book related electronic products are priced in US dollars (USD), euro (EUR), and Great Britain Pounds (GBP). USD prices apply to the Americas and Asia Pacific. EUR prices apply in Europe and the Middle East. GBP prices apply to the UK and all other countries.
Home | Elsevier Sites | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Feedback | Site Map | A Reed Elsevier Company