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A depth-weighting function is usually introduced as a structural constraint in density inversion to solve the skin effect. We propose an adaptive space\u2013location-weighting (ASW) function for gravity field data to improve the resolution of the inversion, which adds the position and depth information provided by the DEXP method to form a new weighting function. The weighting function is partitioned according to the horizontal distribution of the source and can effectively improve the resolution of field sources with different positions and different depths. The results of model tests have shown that the ASW function method can significantly improve the precision and resolution of density inversion results and has good noise immunity. The ASW method was applied to interpret the real gravity data of a mining area in Shandong, and we speculated potential mineralization based on the inversion results, which corresponded well with the logging results.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15245737","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,15]],"date-time":"2023-12-15T08:12:57Z","timestamp":1702627977000},"page":"5737","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Adaptive Space\u2013Location-Weighting Function Method for High-Precision Density Inversion of Gravity Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5621-9296","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guoqing","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geoexploration Sciences and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Geophysical Exploration Equipment Ministry of Education of China, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Applied Geophysics of Natural Resources, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}]},{"given":"Yifei","family":"Niu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geoexploration Sciences and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}]},{"given":"Lili","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geoexploration Sciences and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}]},{"given":"Zongrui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geoexploration Sciences and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}]},{"given":"Qingfa","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geoexploration Sciences and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2853","DOI":"10.1007\/s00024-019-02397-9","article-title":"Enhancement and Sharpening the Migration Images of the Gravity Field and Its Gradients","volume":"177","author":"Tu","year":"2020","journal-title":"Pure Appl. 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