Articles | Volume 12, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1601-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1601-2021
Method article
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19 Jul 2021
Method article |  | 19 Jul 2021

Comparing global seismic tomography models using varimax principal component analysis

Olivier de Viron, Michel Van Camp, Alexia Grabkowiak, and Ana M. G. Ferreira

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As the travel time of seismic waves depends on the Earth's interior properties, seismic tomography uses it to infer the distribution of velocity anomalies, similarly to what is done in medical tomography. We propose analysing the outputs of those models using varimax principal component analysis, which results in a compressed objective representation of the model, helping analysis and comparison.