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Planetary gravity fields represented in terms of spherical harmonics or surface mass distributions\ do not have the necessary resolution to permit gravity analysis of local features. Doppler gravity maps representing residual line-of-sight (LOS) accelerations have much greater resolution but cannot be used for conventional geophysical analysis due to the geometric distortions inherent in LOS gravity patterns and lack of normalization of LOS data. However, LOS gravity data may be converted to vertical gravity anomalies by expressing the anomalous local gravitational potential over small rectangular areas in terms of a modified double Fourier series constrained by local Doppler gravity data. The vertical derivative of the resulting potential yields the vertical gravity components at desired altitudes. The resolution of the resulting normalized free air anomaly maps is limited only by that of the original Doppler gravity data. Extended gravity maps may be constructed this way using a moving window approach. It is anticipated that much of the lunar frontside can be mapped at resolutions ranging from 1 to 4 deg of arc.
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Kunze, A.W.G. Local harmonic analysis of planetary Doppler gravity data. Earth Moon Planet 32, 173–181 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00054174
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