Transfer properties of the reduction of magnetic anomalies to the pole and to the equator
Reduction of magnetic anomalies to the magnetic pole and magnetic equator can be regarded as a linear transformation. The Hermitian transfer function characteristics of these transformations are discussed and improved using the Gaussian band‐pass window. This procedure is of use in one‐ and two‐dimensional cases. The application of the Gaussian band‐pass window eliminates the finite discontinuity of the transfer function of reductions at zero frequency in all cases. The frequency band passed by the Gaussian window can be controlled by its parameters. Reduction to the equator can be used at low magnetic latitudes where reduction of two‐dimensional anomalies to the pole has some instabilities caused by the infinite discontinuities of its transfer function. The windowed reductions are illustrated by their application to magnetic anomalies produced by two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional prisms.