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Record Nr.

UNINA9910574863403321

Autore

Sansò F (Fernando), <1945->

Titolo

Analysis of the Gravity Field : Direct and Inverse Problems / / by Fernando Sansò, Daniele Sampietro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2022

ISBN

9783030743536

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso en línea

Collana

Lecture Notes in Geosystems Mathematics and Computing, , 2512-3211

Disciplina

518

Soggetti

Mathematics - Data processing

Geophysics

Stochastic processes

Fourier analysis

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Stochastic Processes

Fourier Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I: Forward Modelling of the Gravity Field -- The Vertical Gravitational Signal of Homogeneous Bodies, Bounded in the Horizon Plane -- Fourier Methods -- Part II: The Preprocessing and Processing of Gravity Data: From Observations to a Gravity Map on a Local Horizontal Plane -- The Gravity Field of Earth -- Gravity Surveying and Preprocessing -- Gravity Processing -- Part III: Inverse Theory and Applications -- Elementary Inverse Theory -- On the Mathematical Characterization of the Inverse Gravity Problem -- General Inversion Approaches -- Some Conclusions -- Part IV: Appendices -- Mathematical Auxillia -- The Theory of Random Fields and the Wiener-Kolmogorov Prediction Method -- The Tikhonov Regularization and Morozov's Discrepancy Principle.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the theory and implementation of inverse methods in the analysis and interpretation of Earth’s gravity field. By restricting their consideration to a local rather



than global level, the authors focus on the use of observations and data that are more sensitive to local mass anomalies. All necessary theoretical aspects are reformulated in terms of a Euclidean framework so that less complex tools from mathematical analysis can be utilized. Divided into three parts, the text begins with a review of basic mathematical properties of gravitation, computing gravity from mass distributions, and relevant methods from Fourier analysis. In the second part of the text, the Earth’s gravity field and its properties are introduced, and the preprocessing and processing of gravity data are explored. Finally, elementary inverse theory is discussed, after which the general inversion problem is considered via application of both the Tikhonov deterministic approach and a stochastic MCMC model. Throughout, examples and exercises are provided to both clarify material and to illustrate real-word applications for readers. Analysis of the Gravity Field: Direct and Inverse Problems is carefully written to be accessible to both mathematicians and geophysicists without sacrificing mathematical rigor. Readers should have a familiarity with the basics of mathematical analysis, as well as some knowledge of statistics and probability theory. Detailed proofs of more advanced results are relegated to appendices so that readers can concentrate on solution algorithms. .