Calculate iteratively the relief along an interface of constant density contrast that corresponds to a given Bouguer anomaly using the algorithm of Wieczorek and Phillips (1998).

Usage

cilm = BAtoHilmDH (ba, grid, nmax, mass, r0, rho, [filter_type, filter_deg, lmax, lmax_calc, smapling])

Returns

cilm : float, dimension (2, lmax_calc+1, lmax_calc+1)
An estimate of the real spherical harmonic coefficients (geodesy normalized) of relief along an interface with density contrast rho that satisfies the Bouguer anomaly ba. The degree zero term corresponds to the mean radius of the relief.

Parameters

ba : float, dimension (2, lmax_calc+1, lmax_calc+1)
The real spherical harmonic coefficients of the Bouguer anomaly referenced to a spherical interface r0.
grid : float, dimension (2*lmaxin+2, sampling*(2*lmaxin+2))
The initial estimate for the radii of the interface evaluated on a grid corresponding to a function of maximum spherical harmonic degree lmaxin. This is calculated by a call to MakeGridDH and must contain the degree-0 average radius of the interface.
nmax : integer
The maximum order used in the Taylor-series expansion used in calculating the potential coefficients.
mass : float
The mass of the planet in kg.
r0 : float
The reference radius of the Bouguer anomaly ba.
rho : float
The density contrast of the relief in kg/m^3.
filter_type : optional, integer, default = 0
Apply a filter when calculating the relief in order to minimize the destabilizing effects of downward continuation which amplify uncertainties in the Bouguer anomaly. If 0, no filtering is applied. If 1, use the minimum amplitude filter DownContFilterMA. If 2, use the minimum curvature filter DownContFilterMC.
filter_deg : optional, integer, default = 0
The spherical harmonic degree for which the filter is 0.5.
lmax : optional, integer, default = lmaxin
The spherical harmonic bandwidth of the input relief grid, which determines the dimensions of grid. If lmax_calc is not set, this determines also the maximum spherical harmonic degree of the output spherical harmonic coefficients of the relief and the input spherical harmonics of the Bouguer anomaly.
lmax_calc : optional, integer, default = lmax
The maximum degree that will be calculated in the spherical harmonic expansions.
sampling : optional, integer, default set by dimensions of grid
If 1 the output grids are equally sampled (n by n). If 2, the grids are equally spaced (n by 2n).

Description

BAtoHilm is used to solve iteratively for the relief along an interface that corresponds to a given Bouguer anomaly. This is equation 18 of Wieczorek and Phillips (1998) which implicitly takes into consideration the finite-amplitude correction. Each iteration takes as input a guess for the relief (specified by grid) and outputs the iteratively improved spherical harmonic coefficients of this relief. These coefficients can then be re-expanded and re-input into this routine as the next guess. For the initial guess, it is often sufficient to use the relief predicted using the first-order “mass sheet” approximation.

If the algorithm does not converge, one might want to try damping the initial estimate. Alternatively, iterations of the following form have proven successfulin in damping oscilations between successive iterations:

h3 = (h2+h1)/2
h4 = f(h3)

It is important to understand that as an intermediate step, this routine calculates the spherical harmonic coefficients of the relief raised to the nth power, i.e., grid**n. As such, if the input function is bandlimited to degree L, the resulting function will thus be bandlimited to degree L*nmax. This subroutine implicitly assumes that lmax is greater than or equal to L*nmax. If this is not the case, aliasing will occur. In practice, for accurate results, it is found that lmax needs only to be about twice the size of L, though this should be verified for each application. Thus, if the input function is considered to be bandlimited to degree L, the function should be evaluated on a grid corresponding to a maximum degree of about 2L.

This routine uses geodesy 4-pi normalized spherical harmonics that exclude the Condon-Shortley phase.

References

Wieczorek, M. A. and R. J. Phillips, Potential anomalies on a sphere: applications to the thickness of the lunar crust, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 1715-1724, 1998.