Method for optimal wave field separation
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- estimating the statistics of the noise terms in each one of a predetermined group of seismic measurements in a seismic data set acquired in a marine survey;
modeling the physical propagation of a recorded wave field represented in the seismic data set from the estimated statistics; and
estimating a directional component of the recorded wave field from the physical propagation model that minimizes error relative to the seismic measurements.
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Abstract
A technique for decomposing a recorded wave field represented in a set of multicomponent, marine seismic data centers around a computer-implemented method including: estimating the statistics of the noise terms in each one of a predetermined group of seismic measurements in a seismic data set acquired in a marine survey; modeling the physical propagation of a recorded wave field represented in the seismic data set from the estimated statistics; and estimating a directional component of the recorded wave field from the physical propagation model that minimizes error relative to the seismic measurements.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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estimating the statistics of the noise terms in each one of a predetermined group of seismic measurements in a seismic data set acquired in a marine survey; modeling the physical propagation of a recorded wave field represented in the seismic data set from the estimated statistics; and estimating a directional component of the recorded wave field from the physical propagation model that minimizes error relative to the seismic measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computing apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; a bus system; a storage communicating with the processor over the bus system; and an application residing on the storage that, when executed by the processor, performs a method, comprising; estimating the statistics of the noise terms in each one of a predetermined group of seismic measurements in a seismic data set acquired in a marine survey; modeling the physical propagation of a recorded wave field represented in the seismic data set from the estimated statistics; and estimating a directional component of the recorded wave field from the physical propagation model that minimizes error relative to the seismic measurements. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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modeling the physical propagation of a recorded wave field represented in a seismic data set acquired in a marine survey; and determining an optimal estimation of a directional component of the recorded wave field from the physical propagation model. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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modeling the physical propagation of a recorded wave field represented in a seismic data set acquired in a towed-array marine survey, the model being derived from each one of a predetermined group of seismic measurements in the seismic data set; and identifying an estimation of a directional component of the recorded wave field from the physical propagation model that minimizes the fit error between the seismic measurements and the estimate derived from the seismic measurements. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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identifying a downgoing component of a recorded wavefield represented by a set of seismic data set acquired in a marine survey, including; estimating the statistics of the noise terms in each one of a predetermined group of seismic measurements in the seismic data; modeling the physical propagation of the recorded wave field from the estimated statistics; and estimating the downgoing component from the physical propagation model that minimizes error relative to the seismic measurements; and deghosting the seismic data using the estimated downgoing component. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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