5-Day Seismic Interferometry Course

Objective: Learn principles of seismic interferometry for both deterministic and stochastic sources. At the end of the course the student will write code that redatums and images seismic data by the interferometric transform. The validity of Time Reverse Mirrors and super resolution will be tested with both synthetic data and field data.

Instructor: Gerard Schuster (gerard.schuster@kaust.edu.sa)

Class Hours: Mon-Fri: 8 hours/day with Labs

Reading

LECTURE

Hmwk+LAB

Monday (Chap. 1) Overview and Basics of Convolution, Correlation, and Modeling. SEG-China talk. Problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 15 in Chapter 1. Due Feb. 14.
Monday (Chap 2.) Background: Green's Functions, Reciprocity Theorems of Correlation and Convolution Types. Generation of Primaries & Multiples Lab (Due Feb. 21), Problems 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 15 in Chapter 2 (Due Feb. 21). and Exercise (not Due).
Monday (Chap 2. and van Kampen. Recall ZO KM) Reciprocity+Migration, Stationary Phase Analysis. Exercise (not Due). Stationary Phase Lab (Due Feb. 28), Modeling Lab (Due: Feb. 28). Problems 10, 12, 14, 17, and 18 (Due Feb. 28).
Tuesday (Chap. 2, pp. 223-225, Super-Virtual Paper. Recall KM Modeling I and II. ) Refraction Interferometry, Prestack Migration, and Migration Resolution Diffraction Stack Modeling Lab (Due March 7), Resolution Point Scatterer Migration Lab (Due March 7). Read Paper I, Super-Virtual Paper and Paper II. Homework (Due March 7).
Tuesday (Read Chapter 3, Recall FD I and II Lectures) VSP->SWP Interferometry . Problems 1-5 in Chapter 3 (Due March 14). Spectral Decon Lab (Due March 14), FD Lab (No), Sherif's Interferometry Lab (Due March 16)
Tuesday (Read Chap. 11, super, and Science papers.) TRM, TRM=ZO Migration, and Supervirtual Diffractions. Either VSP->SWP Lab or FD VSP->SWP Lab (Due March 21). Exercises 11.1 and 11.2 (Due March 21).
Wednesday (Read Chapter 4) SSTM and VSP->SSP Interferometry VSP->SSP Kirchhoff Lab (Due March 28) or VSP->SSP Specular Interferometry Lab (Due March 28) .
Wednesday(Read Jiang paper, chaiwoot, and xiang's papers) Local VSP Migration, Specular Interferometry, and Quiz. .
Wednesday (Read Chapter 6, Pure and Hybrid Interfer. Interp. Papers) SSP->SSP Interpolation Interferometry and Traveltime Interferometry. SSP Interpolation Lab (Due April 18). Exercises 6.1-6.6 (Due April 18).
Thursday LSMF, MLSM and MLSM .
Thursday (Read Chapter 5) Closure Phase and Closure Phase Statics Correction and Refraction II Interferometry. Exercises 5.6-5.8 (Due April 25). See here for MATLAB code.
Thursday (Read Phase-encoded Source and and GDM papers. Passive Interferometry and Natural SSP Interferometry . Migration of Passive Data Lab or Closure Phase Lab .(Due May 2)
Friday OBS->OBS Interpolation & Extrapolation Matching Filter OBS Data Interpolation OBS Data Extrapolation
Friday Surface Wave Interferometry and Least Squares Interferometry Prediction and Subtraction of Surface Waves Lab.
Friday VSP->SSP Interferometry wih Attenuation (No) .