Spherical harmonic analysis in terms of unevenly distributed observation points and its applications to geomagnetic data

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1013-1033

  Mochizuki, Eiji ^a   Yokoyama, Yukiko ^b   Shimizu, Itsujiro ^b   Hamano, Yozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Employment Promotion Project Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC DATA; SPHERICAL HARMONIC EXPANSION;

EID: 0031403129     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.49.1013     Document Type: Article

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