Doddy Sutarno
Physics of Complex System Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung

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Development of Robust Magnetotelluric Impedance Estimation : a Riview Doddy Sutarno
Indonesian Journal of Physics Vol 16 No 3 (2005): Vol. 16 No. 3, July 2005
Publisher : Institut Teknologi Bandung

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Robust magnetotelluric (MT) response function estimators are now in standard use by the induction community. Properly devised and applied, these have ability to reduce the influence of unusual data (outliers). The estimators always yield impedance estimates which are better than the conventional least square (LS) estimation because the 'real' MT data almost never satisfy the statistical assumptions of Gaussian distribution and stationary upon which normal spectral analysis is based. This paper reviews the development and application of robust estimation procedures which can be classified as M-estimators to MT data. Starting with the description of the estimators, extensions to MT data analyses are discussed, including utilization of remote reference (RR) sites and the Hilbert Transform (HT) operation on causal MT impedance functions. A recent development of a bounded-influence robust MT impedance estimation is also discussed. The developments are illustrated using synthetic as well as real MT data.