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  1. Featherstone, W.E., J.F. Kirby, C. Hirt, M.S. Filmer, S.J. Claessens, N.J. Brown, G. Hu, and G.M. Johnston (2011). The AUSGeoid09 model of the Australian Height Datum, Journal of Geodesy, 85: 133-150.

  2. Kirby, J.F., and C.J. Swain (2011). Improving the spatial resolution of effective elastic thickness estimation with the fan wavelet transform, Computers and Geosciences, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.10.008.

  3. Swain, C.J., and J.F. Kirby (2011). Gravity data, advanced processing, in Gupta, H. (Ed), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, Springer, Heidelberg, in press.

  4. Claessens, S.J., C. Hirt, M.J. Amos, W.E. Featherstone, and J.F. Kirby (2011). The NZGeoid09 model of New Zealand, Survey Review, 43: 2-15.

  5. Kirby, J.F., and C.J. Swain (2009). A reassessment of spectral Te estimation in continental interiors: the case of North America, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B08401, doi: 10.1029/2009JB006356.

  6. Perez-Gussinye, M., C.J. Swain, J.F. Kirby, and A.R. Lowry (2009). Spatial variations of the effective elastic thickness, Te, using multitaper spectral estimation and wavelet methods: examples from synthetic data and application to South America, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10(4), Q04005, doi: 10.1029/2008GC002229.

  7. Kuhn, M., W.E. Featherstone, and J.F. Kirby (2009). Complete spherical Bouguer gravity anomalies over Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56: 213-223.

  8. Kirby, J.F., and C.J. Swain (2008). An accuracy assessment of the fan wavelet coherence method for elastic thickness estimation, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9(3), Q03022, doi: 10.1029/2007GC001773, (Correction, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9(5), Q05021, doi: 10.1029/2008GC002071, 2008).

  9. Tassara, A., C.J. Swain, R.I. Hackney, and J.F. Kirby (2007). Elastic thickness structure of South America estimated using wavelets and satellite-derived gravity data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 253: 17-36.

  10. Kirby, J.F., and C.J. Swain (2006). Mapping the mechanical anisotropy of the lithosphere using a 2D wavelet coherence, and its application to Australia, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Special Issue: Lithospheric Anisotropy, 158(2-4): 122-138.

  11. Swain, C.J., and J.F. Kirby (2006). An effective elastic thickness map of Australia from wavelet transforms of gravity and topography using Forsyth's method, Geophysical Research Letters, 33(2), L02314, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025090.

  12. Sproule, D.M., W.E. Featherstone, and J.F. Kirby (2006). Localised gross-error detection in the Australian land gravity database, Exploration Geophysics, 37(2): 175-179.

  13. Kirby, J.F. (2005). Which wavelet best reproduces the Fourier power spectrum?, Computers and Geosciences, 31(7): 846-864.

  14. Kirby, J.F., and C.J. Swain (2004). Global and local isostatic coherence from the wavelet transform, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(24), L24608, doi:10.1029/2004GL021569.

  15. Featherstone, W.E., S.A. Holmes, J.F. Kirby, and M. Kuhn (2004). Comparison of the remove-compute-restore and University of New Brunswick techniques to geoid determination over Australia, and the inclusion of Wiener-type filters in the reference field contribution, Journal of Surveying Engineering, 130(1): 40-47.

  16. Swain, C.J., and J.F. Kirby (2003b). The coherence method using a thin anisotropic elastic plate model, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(19), 2014, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018350.

  17. Swain, C.J., and J.F. Kirby (2003a). The effect of 'noise' on estimates of the elastic thickness of the continental lithosphere by the coherence method, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(11), 1574, doi:10.1029/2003GL017070.

  18. Goos, J.M., W.E. Featherstone, J.F. Kirby, and S.A. Holmes (2003). Experiments with two different approaches to gridding terrestrial gravity anomalies and their effect on regional geoid computation, Survey Review, 37(288): 92-112.

  19. Hilton, R.D., W.E. Featherstone, P.A.M. Berry, C.P.D. Johnson, and J.F. Kirby (2003). Comparison of digital elevation models over Australia and external validation using ERS-1 satellite radar altimetry, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50(2): 157-168.

  20. Kirby, J.F. (2003). On the combination of gravity anomalies and gravity disturbances for geoid determination in Western Australia, Journal of Geodesy, 77(7-8): 433-439.

  21. Featherstone, W.E., and J.F. Kirby (2002). New high-resolution grid of gravimetric terrain corrections over Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 49(5): 773-774.

  22. Kirby, J.F., and W.E. Featherstone (2002). High-resolution grids of gravimetric terrain correction and complete Bouguer corrections over Australia, Exploration Geophysics, 33(3-4): 161-165.

  23. Kirby, J.F. (2002). A FORTRAN90 subroutine to calculate array sizes prior to a mixed-radix fast Fourier transform, Computers and Geosciences, 28(8): 999-1001.

  24. Featherstone, W.E., and J.F. Kirby (2002). Traverse computation on the ellipsoid instead of on the map plane, Australian Surveyor, 47(1): 38-42.

  25. Kirby, J.F., and W.E. Featherstone (2001). Anomalously large gradients in the "GEODATA 9 SECOND" Digital Elevation Model of Australia, and their effects on gravimetric terrain corrections, Cartography, 30(1): 1-10.

  26. Featherstone, W.E., J.F. Kirby, A.H.W. Kearsley, J.R. Gilliland, G.M. Johnston, J. Steed, R. Forsberg, and M.G. Sideris (2001). The AUSGeoid98 geoid model of Australia: data treatment, computations and comparisons with GPS-levelling data, Journal of Geodesy, 75(5-6): 313-330.

  27. Featherstone, W.E., M.C. Dentith, and J.F. Kirby (2000). The determination and application of vector gravity anomalies, Exploration Geophysics, 31(1-2): 109-113.

  28. Featherstone, W.E. and J.F. Kirby (2000). The reduction of aliasing in gravity anomalies and geoid heights using digital terrain data, Geophysical Journal International, 141(1): 204-212.

  29. Seager, J.S., P. Collier, and J.F. Kirby (1999). Modelling geoid undulations with an artificial neural network, proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Washington DC, USA, July, 5: 3332-3335.

  30. Kirby, J.F., and W.E. Featherstone (1999). Terrain correcting Australian gravity observations using the national digital elevation model and the fast Fourier transform, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46(4): 555-562.

  31. Kirby, J.F., W.E. Featherstone, and A.H.W. Kearsley (1998). Tests of the DMA/GSFC geopotential models over Australia, International Geoid Service Bulletin, 7: 2-13.

  32. Kirby, J.F., and R. Forsberg (1998). A comparison of techniques for the integration of satellite altimeter and surface gravity data for geoid determination, in Forsberg, R., M. Feissel, and R. Dietrich (Eds), IAG Symposium 119: Geodesy on the Move, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 1997, Springer, Berlin, 207-212.

  33. Stewart, M.P., W.E. Featherstone, J.F. Kirby, and M. Dumville (1998). A comparison of Geosat and gravimetric geoid profiles in the western North Sea, Marine Geodesy, 21(4): 319-330.

  34. Featherstone, W.E., and J.F. Kirby (1998). Estimates of the separation between the geoid and quasigeoid over Australia, Geomatics Research Australasia, 68: 79-90.

  35. Featherstone, W.E., M.C. Dentith, and J.F. Kirby (1998). Strategies for the accurate determination of orthometric heights from GPS, Survey Review, 34(267): 278-296.

  36. Featherstone, W.E., J.F. Kirby, K.F. Zhang, A.H.W. Kearsley, and J.R. Gilliland (1997). A new Australian geoid - improved AUSGEOID93 enables high precision GPS-based surveys, International Journal of Geomatics, 11(9): 6-9.

  37. Kirby, J.F., W.E. Featherstone, and A.H.W. Kearsley (1997). Geoid computations using ring integration: gridded vs point data, Geomatics Research Australasia, 67: 33-46.

  38. Kirby, J.F., and W.E. Featherstone (1997). A study of zero- and first-degree terms in geopotential models over Australia, Geomatics Research Australasia, 66: 93-108.

  39. Featherstone, W.E., J.F. Kirby, K.F. Zhang, A.H.W. Kearsley, and J.R. Gilliland (1997). The quest for a new Australian gravimetric geoid, in Segawa, J., H. Fujimoto, and S. Okubo (Eds), IAG Symposium 117: Gravity, Geoid and Marine Geodesy, Tokyo, Japan, September 1996, Springer, Berlin, 581-588.

  40. Kirby, J.F. (1997). Fast combination of satellite and marine gravity data, Exploration Geophysics, 28(1-2): 94-96.

  41. Featherstone, W.E., A.H.W. Kearsley, J.R. Gilliland, and J.F. Kirby (1996). The computation of a new gravimetric geoid of Australia, Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 23: 8-11.

  42. Kirby, J.F. (1996). The development and application of a new algorithm for ocean geoid recovery, Ph.D. thesis, University of Edinburgh.

  43. Hipkin, R.G., J.F. Kirby, and K. Charles (1995). British and French gravity datums connected via the Channel Tunnel, in Sunkel, H., and I. Marson (Eds), IAG Symposium 113: Gravity and Geoid, Graz, Austria, September 1994, Springer, Berlin, 64-71.

  44. Kirby, J.F. (1990). Processing techniques applied to Geosat altimeter data in order to resolve fracture zones in an area off the west coast of Africa, M.Sc. thesis, University of Leeds.

 

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