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Group velocity models |
We have inverted for models of surface wave group velocity at periods between 35 s and 175 s. The method and results are described in Global models of surface wave group velocity. We inverted separately for Love and Rayleigh waves at each period for a model parameterized with spherical harmonics up to degree 40.
The models are available in several forms. The original spherical harmonic coefficients are indicated by SH in the table, and they are described below. We have evaluated the spherical harmonics on a global grid and store them in the Generalized Mapping Tools (GMT) GRD format (indicated by grd in the table). We have also created images of the models which are available in either PDF for printing or as GIF images for screen viewing. For convenience, if you want to work with a number of the maps, it is easier to download them as compressed archives, and both the grd files the SH files are available.
Period | Love waves | Rayleigh Waves |
35 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
40 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
50 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
60 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
70 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
80 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
90 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
100 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
125 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
150 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
175 s | SH grd PDF gif | SH grd PDF gif |
The function is calculated as:
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As a numerical check:
l | m |
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0 | 0 | 0.2820948 |
1 | 0 | -0.0000000 |
1 | 1 | -0.3454942 |
2 | 0 | -0.3153916 |
2 | 1 | 0.0000000 |
2 | 2 | 0.3862742 |
Each line of the file is "l m Alm Blm" with Blm left out if m=0.