The adjoint method in seismology. I. Theory

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 86-104

  Fichtner, A ^a   Bunge, H P ^a   Igel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fr chet derivative; Inversion; Sensitivity; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEOREM PROVING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FRECHET DERIVATIVE; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

SEISMOLOGY;

ADJOINT METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GREEN FUNCTION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745872544     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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