Lecturer:     Saroja Polavarapu ,Dept. of Physics
                       Tel: 416-739-4887, Email: saroja@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

Lectures:      Friday 10:00-12:00, Room MP606

Course outline:      Course outline (PDF)

Marking Scheme:     Problem Sets: 50%, Project: 50%

Deadlines:

My lecture notes (PDF files):

• Ch. 1: Intoduction (10 pages)
• Ch. 2: Review of prob. and stats. (20 pages)
• Ch. 3: Optimal Interpolation (31 pages)
• Ch. 4: Stochastic Processes (17 pages)
• Ch. 5: Intro to Estimation Theory (26 pages)
• Ch. 6: The linear Kalman Filter (35 pages)
• Ch. 7: 4D-Variational Assimilation (29 pages)

Copies of additional slides used in lectures (PDF files):

• Ch. 1: ( 3 pages)
• Ch. 2: (10 pages)
• Ch. 3: ( 7 pages)
• Ch. 4: ( 5 pages)
• Ch. 5: (16 pages)
• Ch. 6: (16 pages)
• Ch. 7: (19 pages)

References (PDF)
Buehner 2004 (30 pg.)    Evensen 2001 (20 pg.)    Miller et al. 1994 (20 pg.)    Mitchell et al. 1990 (24 pg.)    Review of Matrices: Maybeck 1979 (4 pg.)

Todling's Text on Estimation Theory

• Chapter 1: Probability theory pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 2: Stochastic processes and random fields pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 3: Stochastic Differential Equations pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 4: Intro. to estimation theory pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 5: The linear Kalman filter pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 6: Basic concepts in nonlinear filtering pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 7: Basic concepts of atmospheric dynamics pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 8: Data assimilation: Conventional methods pdf    Postscript
• Chapter 9: Data assimilation: Advanced methods pdf    Postscript
• Todling's Bibliography pdf    Postscript
• Todling's Complete Document (200+ pages) Postscript

Penalties:   Late submissions will be deducted 10% per day up to one week (total 50%) after which the work will not be accepted.
Exceptions must be requested at least 24 hours before the deadline and may or may not be granted.

Last update: 7 Sept. 2004