This course is designed to provide basic exposure at the undergraduate level of the mathematical tools and numerical methods used in the analysis and interpretation of geophysical data.

In geophysics, we make field and laboratory measurements (observations) of Earth systems, and its is the objective of the geophysicist to draw from these data inferences about the distribution of the physical parameters of the systems or corresponding scaled models.

Often, however,  the data obtained are noisy or are incomplete, and insufficient. Hence, prior to interpretation, it may be necessary to enhance   the data and remove the additive errors and the biasing influence of the measuring instruments.

Data enhancement is achieved by application of the principals of Filter Theory, and modeling and interpretation  by systematic application of the laws of physics and use of the powerful tools of Geophysical Inverse Theory.