Open AccessFinite‐frequency sensitivity kernels for boundary topography perturbations
Author(s) -
Dahlen F. A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2005.02682.x
Subject(s) - discontinuity (linguistics) , residual , perturbation (astronomy) , geology , mathematical analysis , sensitivity (control systems) , boundary (topology) , geodesy , mathematics , geometry , geophysics , physics , algorithm , electronic engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY We use the Born approximation in conjunction with body‐wave ray theory to derive a readily computable Fréchet sensitivity kernel, relating a finite‐frequency, seismic traveltime residual δ T to a perturbation δ d in the location of a discontinuity within the Earth.