Source Wavelet Lab

By Xin Wang (xin.wang@kaust.edu.sa), Bldg 1, 3139-WS13, 808-0386



Figure 1. Least squares migration with airgun wavelet and ricker wavelet.


Objective:

    Learn how to get the source wavelet from field data.

Method:

    The source wavelet is extracted from the raw data, with procedures (Figure 2):

    1). Define a local window, M by N, (M is the time sample and N is the number of traces), make sure the reflection event can be seen clearly from this window;

    2). Use cross-correlation to find the time shift, by which to flatten all the traces in the local window;

    3). Stack all the traces in the window to enhance the signal to noise ratio.

    4). Adjust the wavelet's length if needed.


                               Figure 2. Workflow of the method.


Procedure:

  1. Load wavelet_lab.tar.gz, from which extract all files to your working directory. (use "tar -xvf wavelet_lab.tar.gz" to extract file).

  2. Go to the extracted directory, and add the path by "addpath((genpath('./')))" .

  3. Run the main.m cell by cell.

Questions:

  1. In the COG data, find another working area, and show your picked wavelet result.

  2. Load the CSG data, get the wavelet, notice the difference. If it is needed, write a small code to adjust your data(tip: shift some traces).

  3. What kind of processing is needed before the get the source wavelet?

  4. Why the true wavelet is important?

  5. From Figure 1, we can see that the LSM result is more sensitive to the wavelet, why?