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 | 
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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)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:  
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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
| Not being delivered |   
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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| 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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