Connection to the thesis
Defines the primary sparse-observation reconstruction task, resolved state, observation operators, coupling variants and verification plan.
Available inputs and prework
Chapter 2 literature review v08 and Chapter 3 research design v08 were found in the connected research hub. The research-design text was inspected.
Physical constraints and local coupling for Caribbean atmospheric reconstruction; the event-window smoothing design; source and experiment registers.
What the next checkpoint needs
Agree domain, levels, event catalogue, nature run, observation-error covariance and minimum useful differences before final comparative runs.
Provenance and limits
Research-design v08 read from Drive, dated 25 October 2026. The bibliography and earlier editions remain separate source artifacts; their existence does not establish that every underlying full text has been rechecked.
This is an inventory note, not a new empirical paper. Third-party research is kept in the reference library and is not attributed to Adrian Dunkley.