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We present a method for obtaining efficient probabilistic solutions to geostatistical and linear inverse problems in spherical geometry. Our Spherical Direct Sequential Simulation (SDSSIM) framework combines information from possibly noisy…

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This paper is concerned with the numerical solution to a 3D coefficient inverse problem for buried objects with multi-frequency experimental data. The measured data, which are associated with a single direction of an incident plane wave,…

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We apply a linear Bayesian model to seismic tomography, a high-dimensional inverse problem in geophysics. The objective is to estimate the three-dimensional structure of the earth's interior from data measured at its surface. Since this…

Applications · Statistics 2013-12-11 Ran Zhang , Claudia Czado , Karin Sigloch

This paper is concerned with the problem of inverse scattering of time-harmonic acoustic plane waves by a two-layered medium with a locally rough interface in 2D. A direct imaging method is proposed to reconstruct the locally rough…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-11 Long Li , Jiansheng Yang , Bo Zhang , Haiwen Zhang

Seismic tomography solves high-dimensional optimization problems to image subsurface structures of Earth. In this paper, we propose to use random batch methods to construct the gradient used for iterations in seismic tomography.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Yixiao Hu , Lihui Chai , Zhongyi Huang , Xu Yang

Waveform inversion is theoretically a powerful tool to reconstruct subsurface structures, but a usually encountered problem is that accurate sources are very rare, causing the computation unstable and divergent. This challenging problem,…

Geophysics · Physics 2024-07-12 Han Yu

Gravitational waves are a sensitive probe into the structure of compact astronomical objects and the nature of gravity in the strong regime. Modifications of near-horizon physics can imprint on the late time ringdown waveform, leaving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-29 Yu-Xin Huang , Jiu-Ci Xu , Shuang-Yong Zhou

Seismic wave propagation forms the basis for most aspects of seismological research, yet solving the wave equation is a major computational burden that inhibits the progress of research. This is exacerbated by the fact that new simulations…

We propose and test the Direct Waveform Inversion (DWI) scheme to simultaneously invert for layered velocity and density profiles, using reflection seismic waveforms recorded on the surface. The recorded data include primary reflections and…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-08-10 Zhonghan Liu , Yingcai Zheng , Hua-Wei Zhou

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a powerful geophysical imaging technique that infers high-resolution subsurface physical parameters by solving a non-convex optimization problem. However, due to limitations in observation, e.g., limited…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Xiong-Bin Yan , Keke Wu , Zhi-Qin John Xu , Zheng Ma

This paper investigates the inverse biharmonic scattering problems of identifying the shape and location of the obstacle with phased and phaseless measurement data. A direct imaging method based on reverse time migration is proposed for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Tielei Zhu , Zhihao Ge

Seismic waves bring information from the physical properties of the earth to the surface. Full waveform inversion (FWI) is a local optimization technique which tries to invert the recorded wave fields to the physical properties. An…

Geophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 Nasser Kazemi

Micro-seismic events, naturally occurring within geological formations and quasi-brittle engineered systems, provide a powerful window into the evolving processes of material degradation and failure. Accurate characterization of these…

Geophysics · Physics 2024-01-18 A. A. M. da Silva , A. A. Novotnty , A. A. S. Amad , B. B. Guzina

Bayesian full waveform inversion (FWI) offers uncertainty-aware subsurface models; however, posterior sampling directly on observed seismic shot records is rarely practical at the field scale because each sample requires numerous…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 Mohammad H. Taufik , Tariq Alkhalifah

Inverse wave scattering aims at determining the properties of an object using data on how the object scatters incoming waves. In order to collect information, sensors are put in different locations to send and receive waves from each other.…

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Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) are fast emerging sensors in the field of Earth Observation. It is a remote sensing technology that utilizes laser beams to measure distances and create detailed three-dimensional representations of…

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We consider the problem of reconstructing the seabed topography from observations of surface gravity waves. We formulate the problem as a classical inverse scattering problem using the mild-slope equation, and analyze the topographic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Adrian Kirkeby

Accurate seismic imaging and velocity estimation are essential for subsurface characterization. Conventional inversion techniques, such as full-waveform inversion, remain computationally expensive and sensitive to initial velocity models.…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-04-23 Yunlin Zeng , Huseyin Tuna Erdinc , Rafael Orozco , Felix Herrmann

Advances in data acquisition and numerical wave simulation have improved tomographic imaging techniques and results, but non-experts may find it difficult to understand which model is best for their needs. This paper is intended for these…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-01-27 Andreas Fichtner , Jeroen Ritsema , Solvi Thrastarson

Wave equation techniques have been an integral part of geophysical imaging workflows to investigate the Earth's subsurface. Least-squares reverse time migration (LSRTM) is a linearized inversion problem that iteratively minimizes a misfit…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-12-11 Janaki Vamaraju , Jeremy Vila , Mauricio Araya-Polo , Debanjan Datta , Mohamed Sidahmed , Mrinal Sen