Class Id: 8874
Days: MW
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 02:50 PM
Building: GUYOT
Room: 315
Course Id: 3950
Departments and Numbers: APC 441, GEO 441
Area:
Title: Computational Geophysics
Description: An introduction to weak numerical methods, in particular finite-element and spectral-element methods, used in computational geophysics. Basic surface & volume elements, representation of fields, quadrature, assembly, local versus global meshes, domain decomposition, time marching & stability, parallel implementation & message-passing, and load-balancing. In the context of parameter estimation and 'imaging', will explore data assimilation techniques and related adjoint methods. The course offers hands-on lab experience in meshing complicated surfaces & volumes as well as numerically solving partial differential equations relevant to geophysics
Prerequisites: Courses in partial differential equations and multi-variable calculus; experience with a computer language and basic programming skills.
Professors: Jeroen Tromp
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