Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Apr 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012geoji.189..240p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 189, Issue 1, pp. 240-250.
Statistics
Computation
Numerical Solutions, Fourier Analysis, Magnetotelluric, Marine Electromagnetics
Scientific paper
Magnetotelluric surveys on the seafloor have become an important part of marine geophysics in recent years. The distorting effects of topographic relief on the electromagnetic fields can be far-reaching, but local terrain is also important. Thus, computational techniques that can treat a large area containing fine-scale topography could find widespread application. We describe a new solution to the problem based on a well-established theory of electromagnetic induction in thin sheets. The procedure requires taking the Fourier transform of the integral equations derived by Dawson and Weaver in 1979, and by McKirdy, Weaver and Dawson in 1985. The equations in the transformed electric field are solved iteratively by a new technique. We prove the new iterative procedure is always convergent, whereas the original scheme diverges when the grid spacing of the discretization is small. We also give a means of correcting for distant features that need not be specified in as great detail. Preliminary tests confirm the new process is very efficient and that topographic data sets of several million points will be handled with ease.
Parker Robert L.
Wheelock Brent
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