Essentials of Geophysical Data Processing

Clark R. Wilson is the Carlton Centennial Professor of Geophysics at the University of Texas, Austin. After undergraduate studies in physics (University of California, San Diego) and graduate work in geophysics (Masters and PhD) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, he joined the faculty of the Department of Geological Sciences at UT Austin. His research has ranged over diverse fields including applied seismology, space geodesy, and hydrology. He has twice served as Department Chair, and spent three years at NASA Headquarters overseeing programs in geodynamics and potential fields.

• Preface; 1. An Introduction With Geophysical Time Series Examples; 2. Analog Signals and Digital Time Series; 3. Sinusoids and Fourier Series; 4. The Discrete Fourier Transform; 5. Linear Systems and Digital Filters; 6. Convolution and Related Theorems; 7. Least Squares; 8. Linear Filter Design; 9. Least Square and Correlation Filters; 10. Power and Coherence Spectra; Appendix A. Matrices and Vectors; Appendix B. Fourier Transforms of Continuous Functions; Appendix C. Random Variable Concepts and Applications; Appendix D. Further Reading; Index.

'This is an excellent textbook for a course on signal processing for 3rd-year geophysics students. Wilson does a great job of taking explanations that are often scattered across engineering books and adapting them towards the needs of geophysicists using relevant examples from the field. It has the perfect balance between depth and simplicity for undergraduates.' Daniel Trad, University of Calgary