Bayesian inversion for the filtered flow at the Earth's core-mantle boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2695-2720

  Baerenzung, Julien ^a   Holschneider, Matthias ^a   Lesur, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian formalism; core flow; large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DATA INVERSION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INVERSE PROBLEM; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 84900993154     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010358     Document Type: Article

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