Spectral and spatial decomposition of lithospheric magnetic field models using spherical slepian functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-148

  Beggan, Ciarán D ^a   Saarim̈aki, Jarno ^b   Whaler, Kathryn A ^b   Simons, Frederik J ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic anomalies; Modelling and interpretation; Satellite magnetics.

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SPHERES;

CRUSTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; LITHOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; SATELLITE MAGNETICS; SPATIAL DECOMPOSITIONS; SPHERICAL HARMONIC EXPANSIONS; SPHERICAL HARMONIC MODELS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876960580     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs122     Document Type: Article

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