Geology Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix
Abstract:
This appendix contains detailed information about the applications
and operations carried out in this topic. Section A.1 lists the MATLAB
®
functions
used in this topic; Section A.2 lists and describes the MATLAB scripts used in
this topic; Section A.3 provides specific command strings that were used to cre-
ate selected figures; Section A.4 explains how to obtain, compile, and use
FORTRAN code to calculate customized precession and obliquity with Laskar
astronomical models; Section A.5 is a list of key resources; Section A.6 lists cited
references.
A.1
MAtlAb Functions
Functions from the MATLAB, Curve Fitting, and Signal toolboxes used in
this topic (usage demonstrated in Section A.3):
angle.m
—calculates phase from a complex variable
bartlett.m
—calculates the Bartlett taper (window)
cat.m
—concatenates two arrays
chi2pdf.m
—calculates the χ
2
probability distribution function
diff.m
—takes the first difference of a vector
dpss.m
—calculates discrete prolate spheroidal sequences (prolate multitapers)
fcdf.m
—calculates the F-distribution cumulative distribution function
fft.m
—fast Fourier transform, uses
hann.m
—calculates the Hann taper (window)
interp1.m
—performs interpolation on unequally spaced series
padarray.m
—pads an array with zeros
pmtm.m
—computes the Thomson prolate multitaper power spectrum
randn
—computes random numbers with normal (Gaussian) probability
distribution
random
—computes random numbers with customized probability
distributions
rectwin
—calculates the rectangular (boxcar) taper (window)
smooth.m
—smooths a series with multiple options
