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NAME
grdfft - Perform mathematical operations on grdfiles in the frequency domain
SYNOPSIS
grdfft in_grdfile -Gout_grdfile [ -Aazimuth ] [ -Czlevel ] [ -D[scale|g] ] [ -E[x|y][w] ] [
-F[x|y]lc/lp/hp/hc ] [ -I[scale|g] ] [ -L ] [ -M ] [ -Nstuff ] [ -Sscale ] [ -Tte/rl/rm/rw/ri ] [ -V ]
DESCRIPTION
grdfft will take the 2-D forward Fast Fourier Transform and perform one or more mathematical operations
in the frequency domain before transforming back to the space domain. An option is provided to scale the
data before writing the new values to an output file. The horizontal dimensions of the grdfiles are
assumed to be in meters. Geographical grids may be used by specifying the -M option that scales degrees
to meters. If you have grdfiles with dimensions in km, you could change this to meters using grdedit or
scale the output with grdmath.
No space between the option flag and the associated arguments. Use upper case for the option
flags and lower case for modifiers.
in_grdfile
2-D binary grd file to be operated on.
-G Specify the name of the output grd file.
OPTIONS
-A Take the directional derivative in the azimuth direction measured in degrees CW from north.
-C Upward (for zlevel > 0) or downward (for zlevel < 0) continue the field zlevel meters.
-D Differentiate the field, i.e., take d(field)/dz. This is equivalent to multiplying by kr in the
frequency domain (kr is radial wave number). Append a scale to multiply by (kr * scale) instead.
Alternatively, append g to indicate that your data are geoid heights in meters and output should
be gravity anomalies in mGal. [Default is no scale].
-E Estimate power spectrum in the radial direction. Place x or y immediately after -E to compute the
spectrum in the x or y direction instead. No grdfile is created; f (i.e., frequency or wave
number), power[f], and 1 standard deviation in power[f] are written to stdout. Append w to write
wavelength instead of frequency.
-F Filter the data. Place x or y immediately after -F to filter x or y direction only; default is
isotropic. Specify four wavelengths in correct units (see -M) to design a bandpass filter;
wavelengths greater than lc or less than hc will be cut, wavelengths greater than lp and less than
hp will be passed, and wavelengths in between will be cosine-tapered. E.g.,
-F1000000/250000/50000/10000 -M will bandpass, cutting wavelengths > 1000 km and < 10 km, passing
wavelengths between 250 km and 50 km. To make a highpass or lowpass filter, give hyphens (-) for
hp/hc or lc/lp. E.g., -Fx-/-/50/10 will lowpass X, passing wavelengths > 50 and rejecting
wavelengths < 10. -Fy1000/250/-/- will highpass Y, passing wavelengths < 250 and rejecting
wavelengths > 1000.
-I Integrate the field, i.e., compute integral_over_z (field * dz). This is equivalent to divide by
kr in the frequency domain (kr is radial wave number). Append a scale to divide by (kr * scale)
instead. Alternatively, append g to indicate that your data set is gravity anomalies in mGal and
output should be geoid heights in meters. [Default is no scale].
-L Leave trend alone. By default, a linear trend will be removed prior to the transform.
-M Map units. Choose this option if your grdfile is a geographical grid and you want to convert
degrees into meters. If the data are close to either pole, you should consider projecting the
grdfile onto a rectangular coordinate system using grdproject.
-N Choose or inquire about suitable grid dimensions for FFT. -Nf will force the FFT to use the
dimensions of the data. -Nq will inQuire about more suitable dimensions. -Nnx/ny will do FFT on
array size nx/ny (Must be >= grdfile size). Default chooses dimensions >= data which optimize
speed, accuracy of FFT. If FFT dimensions > grdfile dimensions, data are extended and tapered to
zero.
-S Multiply each element by scale in the space domain (after the frequency domain operations).
[Default is 1.0].
-T Compute the isostatic compensation from the topography load (input grdfile) on an elastic plate of
thickness te. Also append densities for load, mantle, water, and infill in SI units. If te == 0
then the Airy response is returned. -T implicitly sets -L.
-V Selects verbose mode, which will send progress reports to stderr [Default runs "silently"].
EXAMPLES
To upward continue the sea-level magnetic anomalies in the file mag_0.grd to a level 800 m above
sealevel, try
grdfft mag_0.grd -C800 -V -Gmag_800.grd
To transform geoid heights in m (geoid.grd) on a geographical grid to free-air gravity anomalies in mGal,
do
grdfft geoid.grd -Dg -M -V -Ggrav.grd
To transform gravity anomalies in mGal (faa.grd) to deflections of the vertical (in micro-radians) in the
038 direction, we must first integrate gravity to get geoid, then take the directional derivative, and
finally scale radians to micro-radians:
grdfft faa.grd -Ig -A38 -S1e6 -V -Gdefl_38.grd
Second vertical derivatives of gravity anomalies are related to the curvature of the field. We can
compute these as mGal/m^2 by differentiating twice:
grdfft gravity.grd -D -D -V -Ggrav_2nd_derivative.grd
The first order gravity anomaly (in mGal) due to the compensating surface caused by the topography load
topo.grd (in m) on a 20 km thick elastic plate, assumed to be 4 km beneath the observation level can be
computed as
grdfft topo.grd -T20000/2800/3330/1030/2300 -S0.022 -C4000 -Gcomp_faa.grd
where 0.022 is the scale needed for the first term in Parker's expansion for ' computing gravity from
topography (= 2 * PI * G * (rhom - rhol)).
SEE ALSO
gmt(1gmt), grdedit(1gmt), grdmath(1gmt), grdproject(1gmt)
1 Jan 2004 GRDFFT(l)