This module provides routines for performing spherical harmonic expansions and the construction of grids from spherical harmonic coefficients.
Equally sampled (N×N) and equally spaced (N×2N) grids
Function name |
Description |
SHExpandDH |
Expand an equally sampled or equally spaced map into spherical harmonics using Driscoll and Healy’s (1994) sampling theorem. |
MakeGridDH |
Create a 2D map from a set of spherical harmonic coefficients that conforms with Driscoll and Healy’s (1994) sampling theorem. |
SHExpandDHC |
Expand an equally sampled or equally spaced complex map into complex spherical harmonics using Driscoll and Healy’s (1994) sampling theorem. |
MakeGridDHC |
Create a 2D complex map from a set of complex spherical harmonic coefficients that conforms with Driscoll and Healy’s (1994) sampling theorem. |
MakeGradientDH |
Compute the gradient of a scalar function and return grids of the two horizontal components that conform with Driscoll and Healy’s (1994) sampling theorem. |
Gauss-Legendre quadrature grids
Function name |
Description |
SHGLQ |
Precompute the weights and nodes used in the GLQ-based spherical harmonics routines. |
SHExpandGLQ |
Expand a 2D map sampled on the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes into spherical harmonics. |
MakeGridGLQ |
Create a 2D map from a set of spherical harmonic coefficients sampled on a the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes. |
SHExpandGLQC |
Expand a 2D complex map sampled on the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes into complex spherical harmonics. |
MakeGridGLQC |
Create a 2D complex map from a set of complex spherical harmonic coefficients sampled on a the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes. |
GLQGridCoord |
Compute the latitude and longitude coordinates used in Gauss-Legendre quadrature grids. |
Least squares inversion
Function name |
Description |
shlsq |
Determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of an irregularly sampled function using a (weighted) least squares inversion, optionally with a precomputed data kernel matrix. |
SHExpandLSQ |
Determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of an irregularly sampled function using a least squares inversion. |
SHExpandLSQ_G |
Determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of an irregularly sampled function using a least squares inversion with a precomputed data kernel matrix. |
SHExpandWLSQ |
Determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of an irregularly sampled function using a weighted least squares inversion. |
SHExpandWLSQ_G |
Determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of an irregularly sampled function using a weighted least squares inversion with a precomputed data kernel matrix. |
LSQ_G |
Compute the data kernel matrix G that is used when computing spherical harmonic coefficients by least squares inversion. |
Other routines
Function name |
Description |
MakeGrid2D |
Create a 2D cylindrical map with arbitrary grid spacing from a set of spherical harmonic coefficients. |
MakeGridPoint |
Evaluate a real function expressed in real spherical harmonics at a set of points. |
MakeGridPointC |
Evaluate a complex function expressed in complex spherical harmonics at a set of points. |
SHMultiply |
Multiply two functions and determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of the resulting function. |
spharm |
Compute all the spherical harmonic functions up to a maximum degree and order. |
spharm_lm |
Compute the spherical harmonic function for specific degrees l and orders m. |
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