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We consider fully discrete embedded finite element approximations for a shallow water hyperbolic problem and its reduced-order model. Our approach is based on a fixed background mesh and an embedded reduced basis. The Shifted Boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-29 Xianyi Zeng , Giovanni Stabile , Efthymios N. Karatzas , Guglielmo Scovazzi , Gianluigi Rozza

A generalized version of the $abcd$-Boussinesq class of systems is derived to accommodate variable bottom topography in two-dimensional space. This extension allows for the conservation of suitable energy functionals in some cases and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-19 Samer Israwi , Youssef Khalifeh , Dimitrios Mitsotakis

The main goal of this paper is to estimate the regional acoustic and geoacoustic shallow-water environment from data collected by a vertical hydrophone array and transmitted by distant time-harmonic point sources. We aim at estimating the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Laure Dumaz , Josselin Garnier , Guilhem Lepoultier

We consider the inverse problem of reconstructing an unknown function $u$ from a finite set of measurements, under the assumption that $u$ is the trajectory of a transport-dominated problem with unknown input parameters. We propose an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Olga Mula , Cecilia Pagliantini , Federico Vismara

We put forward a simple but effective explicit method of recovering initial data for the nonlinear shallow water system from the reading at the shoreline. We then apply our method to the tsunami waves inverse problem.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Alexei Rybkin , Efim Pelinovsky , Noah Palmer

The watershed is a powerful tool for segmenting objects whose contours appear as crest lines on a gradient image. The watershed transform associates to a topographic surface a partition into catchment basins, defined as attraction zones of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-04-11 Fernand Meyer

We propose a novel data-driven approach for high-resolution bathymetric reconstruction from sidescan. Sidescan sonar (SSS) intensities as a function of range do contain some information about the slope of the seabed. However, that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Yiping Xie , Nils Bore , John Folkesson

We study the two-dimensional rotating shallow-water model describing Earth's oceanic layers. It is formally analogue to a Schr\"odinger equation where the tools from topological insulators are relevant. Once regularized at small scale by an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Gian Michele Graf , Hansueli Jud , Clément Tauber

Consider the geometric inverse problem: There is a set of delta-sources in spacetime that emit waves travelling at unit speed. If we know all the arrival times at the boundary cylinder of the spacetime, can we reconstruct the space, a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Maarten V. de Hoop , Joonas Ilmavirta , Matti Lassas , Teemu Saksala

We develop an adjoint approach for recovering the topographical function included in the source term of one-dimensional hyperbolic balance laws. We focus on a specific system, namely the shallow water equations, in an effort to recover the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Jolene Britton , Yat Tin Chow , Weitao Chen , Yulong Xing

We discuss the following inverse problem: given the run-up data of a tsunami wave, can we recover its initial shape? We study this problem within the framework of the non-linear shallow water equations, a model widely used to study tsunami…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Oleksandr Bobrovnikov , Madison Jones , Shriya Prasanna , Josiah Smith , Alexei Rybkin , Efim Pelinovsky

The reconstruction of an unknown quantity from noisy measurements is a mathematical problem relevant in most applied sciences, for example, in medical imaging, radar inverse scattering, or astronomy. This underlying mathematical problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Nina M. Gottschling , David Iagaru , Jakob Gawlikowski , Ioannis Sgouralis

Recently, a new underwater imaging formation model presented that the coefficients related to the direct and backscatter transmission signals are dependent on the type of water, camera specifications, water depth, and imaging range. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Monika Roznere , Alberto Quattrini Li

Understanding subsurface ocean dynamics is essential for quantifying oceanic heat and mass transport, but direct observations at depth remain sparse due to logistical and technological constraints. In contrast, satellite missions provide…

This paper explores the reconstruction of a space-dependent parameter in inverse diffusion problems, proposing a shape-optimization-based approach. We consider a Robin boundary condition, physically motivated in diffuse optical tomography…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Manabu Machida , Hirofumi Notsu , Julius Fergy Tiongson Rabago

The combined effectiveness of model reduction and the quasilinear approximation for the reproduction of the low-order statistics of oceanic surface boundary-layer turbulence is investigated. Idealized horizontally homogeneous problems of…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Joseph Skitka , J. B. Marston , Baylor Fox-Kemper

This work studies the problem of predicting the loads and motions induced by wave systems on a ship in forward motion (seakeeping). Assuming that the hull is rigid, the motion of the ship is described by the equations of rigid body…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-04-11 Andrea Colagrossi

This paper focuses on an inverse problem associated with the plate equation which is derived from models in fluid mechanics and elasticity. We establish the unique identifying results in simultaneously determining both the unknown density…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-20 Yixian Gao , Hongyu Liu , Yang Liu

Sidescan sonar intensity encodes information about the changes of surface normal of the seabed. However, other factors such as seabed geometry as well as its material composition also affect the return intensity. One can model these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Yiping Xie , Nils Bore , John Folkesson

We present a rigorous mathematical analysis of the modeling of inviscid water waves. The free-surface is described as a parametrized curve. We introduce a numerically stable algorithm which accounts for its evolution with time. The method…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Emmanuel Dormy , Christophe Lacave