Wavelets and wavelet-like transforms on the sphere and their application to geophysical data inversion

Frederik Jozef Simons, Ignace Loris, Eugene Brevdo, Ingrid C. Daubechies

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Abstract

Many flexible parameterizations exist to represent data on the sphere. In addition to the venerable spherical harmonics, we have the Slepian basis, harmonic splines, wavelets and wavelet-like Slepian frames. In this paper we focus on the latter two: spherical wavelets developed for geophysical applications on the cubed sphere, and the Slepian "tree", a new construction that combines a quadratic concentration measure with wavelet-like multiresolution. We discuss the basic features of these mathematical tools, and illustrate their applicability in parameterizing large-scale global geophysical (inverse) problems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWavelets and Sparsity XIV
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventWavelets and Sparsity XIV - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Aug 21 2011Aug 24 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8138
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherWavelets and Sparsity XIV
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period8/21/118/24/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • frames
  • geophysics
  • inverse theory
  • localization
  • sparsity
  • spherical harmonics
  • wavelets

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