Spectral estimation on a sphere in geophysics and cosmology

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 774-807

  Dahlen, F A ^a   Simons, Frederik J ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Inverse theory; Spatial analysis; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 50649110298     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03854.x     Document Type: Article

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