gmtgravmag3d
gmtgravmag3d - Compute the gravity/magnetic effect of a body by the method of Okabe
Synopsis
gmtgravmag3d -T[[d]xyz_file/vert_file[/m]]|[r|s]raw_file
[ -Cdensity ]
[ -D ]
[ -Ethickness ]
[ -Fxy_file ]
[ -Goutputgrid ]
[ -Hf_dec/f_dip/m_int/m_dec/m_dip ]
[ -Lz_observation ]
[ -Sradius ]
[ -Zlevel ]
[ -V[level] ]
[ -fg]
Note: No space is allowed between the option flag and the associated arguments.
Description
gmtgravmag3d will compute the gravity or magnetic anomaly of a body
described by a set of triangles. The output can either be along a given
set of xy locations or on a grid. This method is not particularly fast
but allows computing the anomaly of arbitrarily complex shapes.
Required Arguments
- -Cdensity
- Sets body density in SI. This option is mutually exclusive with -H.
- -Hf_dec/f_dip/m_int/m_dec/m_dip
- Sets parameters for computing a magnetic anomaly. Use
f_dec/f_dip to set the geomagnetic declination/inclination in
degrees. m_int/m_dec/m_dip are the body magnetic intensity
declination and inclination.
- -Fxy_file
- Provide locations where the anomaly will be computed. Note this
option is mutually exlusive with -G.
- -Goutgrid
- Output the gravity or magnetic anomaly at nodes of this grid file.
- -R[unit]xmin/xmax/ymin/ymax[r] (more ...)
- Specify the region of interest.
- -T[[d]xyz_file/vert_file[/m]]|[r|s]raw_file]
- Give either names of xyz[m] and vertex files or of a raw or
stl file defining a close surface. In the first case append a d
immediately after -T and optionally a /m after the vertex file
name. In the second case append a r or a s immediately after
-T and before the file name. A vertex file is a file with N
rows (one per triangle) and 3 columns with integers defining the
order by which the points in the xyz file are to be connected to
form a triangle. The output of the program triangulate comes in this
format. The optional /m instructs the program that the xyzm file
has four columns and that the fourth column contains the
magnetization intensity (plus signal), which needs not to be
constant. In this case the third argument of the -H option is
ignored. A raw format (selected by the r flag is a file with N
rows (one per triangle) and 9 columns corresponding to the x,y,x
coordinates of each of the three vertex of each triangle.
Alternatively, the s flag indicates that the surface file is in
the ASCII STL (Stereo Lithographic) format. These two type of files
are used to provide a closed surface.
Optional Arguments
- -V[level] (more ...)
- Select verbosity level [c].
- -E[thickness]
- give layer thickness in m [Default = 0 m]. Use this option only when
the triangles describe a non-closed surface and you want the anomaly
of a constant thickness layer.
- -L[z_observation]
- sets level of observation [Default = 0]. That is the height (z) at
which anomalies are computed.
- -Sradius
- search radius in km. Triangle centroids that are further away than
radius from current output point will not be taken into account.
Use this option to speed up computation at expenses of a less
accurate result.
- -Z[level]
- level of reference plane [Default = 0]. Use this option when the
triangles describe a non-closed surface and the volume is defined
from each triangle and this reference level. An example will be the
hater depth to compute a Bouguer anomaly.
- -fg
- Geographic grids (dimensions of longitude, latitude) will be converted to
meters via a “Flat Earth” approximation using the current ellipsoid parameters.
- -^ or just -
- Print a short message about the syntax of the command, then exits (NOTE: on Windows use just -).
- -+ or just +
- Print an extensive usage (help) message, including the explanation of
any module-specific option (but not the GMT common options), then exits.
- -? or no arguments
- Print a complete usage (help) message, including the explanation of
options, then exits.
- --version
- Print GMT version and exit.
- --show-datadir
- Print full path to GMT share directory and exit.
Grid Distance Units
If the grid does not have meter as the horizontal unit, append +uunit to the input file name to convert from the
specified unit to meter. If your grid is geographic, convert distances to meters by supplying -fg instead.
Reference
Okabe, M., Analytical expressions for gravity anomalies due to
polyhedral bodies and translation into magnetic anomalies, Geophysics,
44, (1979), p 730-741.