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Add admonition to clarify the sign of the gz in gravity inversion (#56)
Add an admonition in the gravity inversion tutorial to better explain the expected sign of the gz component in the `Data`.
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notebooks/03-gravity/inv_gravity_anomaly_3d.ipynb

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"The SimPEG [Data](xref:simpeg#simpeg.data.Data) class is required for inversion and connects the observed data, uncertainties and survey geometry."
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"iopub.execute_input": "2025-06-02T16:23:34.738628Z",
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":::{important}\n",
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"SimPEG uses a right-handed xyz coordinate system in which the z axis points _upward_. When defining the `Data` object for a gravity inversion we must check that the `dobs` array contains the **upward** component of the gravity acceleration due to anomalous bodies.\n",
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