Computing traveltime and amplitude sensitivity kernels in finite-frequency tomography

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 2271-2288

  Tian, Yue ^a   Montelli, Raffaella ^b   Nolet, Guust ^a   Dahlen, F A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana doughnut kernels; Computational seismology; Finite frequency tomography; Fr chet kernels; Numerical precision; Sensitivity kernels

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

BANANA-DOUGHNUT KERNEL; COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; FINITE FREQUENCIES; FINITE-FREQUENCY TOMOGRAPHY; FRÉCHET KERNEL; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL PRECISION; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATIONS; SENSITIVITY KERNELS; TRAVEL-TIME;

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EID: 34548733703     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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