Wavelet frames: An alternative to spherical harmonic representation of potential fields

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 875-899

  Chambodut, A ^a,c   Panet, I ^a,b   Mandea, M ^a,d   Diament, M ^a   Holschneider, M ^c   Jamet, O ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic and gravity field; Spherical harmonics; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAVITY FIELD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL FIELD; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745231171     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02754.x     Document Type: Article

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