Postgraduate Course: Time Signal Analysis and Inverse Theory (PGGE11146)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The Fourier series. Continuous and discrete Fourier transforms. Sampling theorems. The convulution theorem. Auto-correlation and cross correlation. filtering and deconvolution. Forward modelling, parameter estimation and inversion. Least squares solution; over-and under-determined problems. The co-variance matrix. Linearisation of non-linear problems. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Block 2 (Sem 1), Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 40 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | Room 302 Crew Building | 1 - 6 | | | | 09:00 - 13:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 09:00 - 13:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Room 302 Crew Building |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Time Signal Analysis and Inverse Theory | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On complete of the course, the students should achieve the following learning outcomes:
A familiarity of the mathematical operations for spectral analysis, filtering, and geophysics inversion problems
A familiarity of the applications of the above to the analysis of seismic and potential field data in applied geophysics.
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Assessment Information
| 80% degree exam 20% coursework |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Time series analysis and inverse theory for Geophysicists by David Gubbins |
| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hugh Pumphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6026
Email: h.c.pumphrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Christine Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: Christine.Wilson@ed.ac.uk |
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