Estimation of an accurate macro velocity model plays an important role in seismic imag- ing and model parameter inversion. Full waveform inversion （FWI） is the classical data-domain inver- sion method. However, the ...Estimation of an accurate macro velocity model plays an important role in seismic imag- ing and model parameter inversion. Full waveform inversion （FWI） is the classical data-domain inver- sion method. However, the misfit function of FWI is highly nonlinear, and the local optimization cannot prevent convergence of the misfit function toward local minima. To converge to the global minimum, FWI needs a good initial model or reliable low frequency component and long offset data. In this article, we present a wave-equation-based reflection traveltime tomography （WERTT） method, which can pro- vide a good background model （initial model） for FWI and （least-square） pre-stack depth migration （LS-PSDM）. First, the velocity model is decomposed into a low-wavenumber component （background velocity） and a high-wavenumber component （reflectivity）. Second, the primary reflection wave is pre- dicted by wave-equation demigration, and the reflection traveltime is calculated by an automatic picking method. Finally, the misfit function of the 12-norm of the reflection traveltime residuals is mini- mized by a gradient-based method. Numerical tests show that the proposed method can invert a good background model, which can be used as an initial model for LS-PSDM or FWI.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41374117)the‘973’Project of China(No.2011 CB201002)the Great and Special Projects of China(Nos.2011ZX05003-003,2011ZX05005-005-008HZ,and 2011ZX05006-002)
文摘Estimation of an accurate macro velocity model plays an important role in seismic imag- ing and model parameter inversion. Full waveform inversion （FWI） is the classical data-domain inver- sion method. However, the misfit function of FWI is highly nonlinear, and the local optimization cannot prevent convergence of the misfit function toward local minima. To converge to the global minimum, FWI needs a good initial model or reliable low frequency component and long offset data. In this article, we present a wave-equation-based reflection traveltime tomography （WERTT） method, which can pro- vide a good background model （initial model） for FWI and （least-square） pre-stack depth migration （LS-PSDM）. First, the velocity model is decomposed into a low-wavenumber component （background velocity） and a high-wavenumber component （reflectivity）. Second, the primary reflection wave is pre- dicted by wave-equation demigration, and the reflection traveltime is calculated by an automatic picking method. Finally, the misfit function of the 12-norm of the reflection traveltime residuals is mini- mized by a gradient-based method. Numerical tests show that the proposed method can invert a good background model, which can be used as an initial model for LS-PSDM or FWI.
