Comparison of Full Wavefield Synthetics with Frequency-Dependent Traveltimes Calculated Using Wavelength-Dependent Velocity Smoothing
| Autor: | Jianxiong Chen, Colin A. Zelt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Environmental Engineering
Frequency wave 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Scale (ratio) Mathematical analysis 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Geodesy 01 natural sciences Spectral line Physics::Geophysics Wavelength Geophysics Path (graph theory) Geology Noise (radio) Smoothing 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Free parameter |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 22:133-141 |
| ISSN: | 1943-2658 1083-1363 |
| DOI: | 10.2113/jeeg22.2.133 |
| Popis: | Ray theory-based traveltime calculation that assumes infinitely high frequency wave propagation is likely to be invalid in the near-surface (upper tens of meters) due to the relatively large seismic wavelength compared with the total travel path lengths and the scale of the near-surface velocity heterogeneities. The wavelength-dependent velocity smoothing (WDVS) algorithm calculates a frequency-dependent, first-arrival traveltime by assuming that using a wavelength-smoothed velocity model and conventional ray theory is equivalent to using the original unsmoothed model and a frequency-dependent calculation. This paper presents comparisons of WDVS-calculated traveltimes with band-limited full wavefield synthetics including the results from 1) different velocity models, 2) different frequency spectra, 3) different values of a free parameter in the WDVS algorithm, and 4) different levels of added noise to the synthetics. The results show that WDVS calculates frequency-dependent traveltimes that are generally consistent with the first arrivals from band-limited full wavefield synthetics. Compared to infinite-frequency traveltimes calculated using conventional ray theory, the WDVS frequency-dependent traveltimes are more consistent with the first arrivals picked from full wavefield synthetics in terms of absolute time and trace-to-trace variation. The results support the use of WDVS as the forward modeling component of a tomographic inversion method, or any seismic method that involves modeling first-arrival traveltimes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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