PRELIMINARY REPRESENTATION OF WORLD-POPULATION BY SPHERICAL-HARMONICS

被引:3
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作者
TOBLER, W
机构
[1] Natl. Ctr. Geogr. Info. and Anal., Geography Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
关键词
DEMOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; ORTHONORMAL FUNCTIONS;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.89.14.6262
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The geographical arrangement of people on the surface of the earth is approximated by a mathematical equation of 361 terms. This is a convenient form for comparison with other distributions and for use in global change studies, and it has other advantages, but it must be considered preliminary because of data limitations.
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页码:6262 / 6264
页数:3
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