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Maximum entropy and maximum likelihood spectral estimates of geomagnetic variations

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The maximum entropy and maximum likelihood methods are tested with geomagnetic data and the spectral estimates are compared with those obtained by conventional methods of spectral analysis.

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  1. Geophysical Institute, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Prague

    Jana Pěčová

  2. Geophysical Institute, Charles University, Prague

    Karel Pěč

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Pěčová, J., Pěč, K. Maximum entropy and maximum likelihood spectral estimates of geomagnetic variations. Stud Geophys Geod 19, 188–191 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01635426

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