choclo.prism.kernel_n#
- choclo.prism.kernel_n(easting, northing, upward, radius)[source]#
Kernel for northing component of the gradient due to a rectangular prism
Evaluates the integration kernel for the northing component of the gradient of the potential field generated by a prism [Nagy2000] on a single vertex of the prism. The coordinates that must be passed are shifted coordinates: the coordinates of the vertex from a Cartesian coordinate system whose origin is located in the observation point.
This function makes use of a safe natural logarithmic function and a safe arctangent function [Fukushima2020] that guarantee a good accuracy on every observation point.
- Parameters:
easting (float) – Shifted easting coordinate of the vertex of the prism. Must be in meters.
northing (float) – Shifted northing coordinate of the vertex of the prism. Must be in meters.
upward (float) – Shifted upward coordinate of the vertex of the prism. Must be in meters.
radius (float) – Square root of the sum of the squares of the
easting,northingandupwardshifted coordinates.
- Returns:
kernel (float) – Value of the numerical kernel function for the northing component of the gradient of the potential field due to a rectangular prism evaluated on a single vertex.
Notes
Computes the following numerical kernel on the passed shifted coordinates:
\[k_y(x, y, z) = -\left[ z \, \operatorname{safe-ln} (x + r) + x \, \operatorname{safe-ln} (z + r) - y \, \operatorname{safe-arctan} \left( zx, yr \right) \right]\]where
\[\begin{split}\operatorname{safe-ln}(x) = \begin{cases} 0 & |x| < 10^{-10} \\ \ln (x) \end{cases}\end{split}\]and
\[\begin{split}\operatorname{safe-arctan} \left( y, x \right) = \begin{cases} \text{arctan}\left( \frac{y}{x} \right) & x \ne 0 \\ \frac{\pi}{2} & x = 0 \quad \text{and} \quad y > 0 \\ -\frac{\pi}{2} & x = 0 \quad \text{and} \quad y < 0 \\ 0 & x = 0 \quad \text{and} \quad y = 0 \\ \end{cases}\end{split}\]Important
In the first equation a minus sign has been added to the one obtained by [Nagy2000] in order to compute the numerical kernel for the northward component instead for the southward one.
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