A general formula and its inverse formula for gravimetric transformations by use of convolution and deconvolution techniques

Abstract

A general formula is developed and presented for transformations among geoidal undulation, gravity anomaly, gravity disturbance and other gravimetric quantities. Using a spectral form of the general formula, a criterion has been built in order to classify these transformations into forward and inverse transformations in this paper. Then, the two-dimensional convolution techniques are applied to the general formula to deal with the forward transformation while the two-dimensional deconvolution techniques are employed to treat the inverse transformation and evaluate the inverse general formula. Concepts of convolution and deconvolution are also reviewed in this paper. The stability and edge effect problems related to the deconvolution techniques are investigated using simulated data and numerical tests are done to quantify the stability of the deconvolution techniques for estimated gravity information. Finally, the marine gravity information for the Norwegian-Greenland Sea area has been derived from ERS-1 altimetry data using the deconvolution techniques.