%0 Journal Article %1 edme_singh:2009 %A Edme, Pascal %A Singh, Satish C. %C Schlumberger Cambridge Research (formerly at IPG Paris). E-mail: epascal@slb.com; IPG Paris. E-mail: singh@ipgp.jussieu.fr %D 2009 %J Geophysical Journal International %K geophysics seismics %N 3 %P 966--977 %R 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04147.x %T Receiver function decomposition of OBC data: theory %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04147.x %V 177 %X This paper deals with theoretical aspects of wavefield decomposition of Ocean Bottom Cable (OBC) data in the tau-p domain, considering a horizontally layered medium. We present both the acoustic decomposition and elastic decomposition procedures in a simple and compatible way. Acoustic decomposition aims at estimating the primary upgoing P wavefield just above the ocean-bottom, whereas elastic decomposition aims at estimating the primary upgoing P and S wavefields just below the ocean-bottom. Specific issues due to the interference phenomena at the receiver level are considered. Our motivation is to introduce the two-step decomposition scheme called 'receiver function' (RF) decomposition that aims at determining the primary upgoing P and S wavefields (RFP and RFS, free of any water layer multiples). We show that elastic decomposition is a necessary step (acting as pre-conditioning) before applying the multiple removal step by predictive deconvolution. We show the applicability of our algorithm on a synthetic data example.

@article{edme_singh:2009, abstract = {This paper deals with theoretical aspects of wavefield decomposition of Ocean Bottom Cable (OBC) data in the tau-p domain, considering a horizontally layered medium. We present both the acoustic decomposition and elastic decomposition procedures in a simple and compatible way. Acoustic decomposition aims at estimating the primary upgoing P wavefield just above the ocean-bottom, whereas elastic decomposition aims at estimating the primary upgoing P and S wavefields just below the ocean-bottom. Specific issues due to the interference phenomena at the receiver level are considered. Our motivation is to introduce the two-step decomposition scheme called 'receiver function' (RF) decomposition that aims at determining the primary upgoing P and S wavefields (RFP and RFS, free of any water layer multiples). We show that elastic decomposition is a necessary step (acting as pre-conditioning) before applying the multiple removal step by predictive deconvolution. We show the applicability of our algorithm on a synthetic data example.}, added-at = {2012-09-01T13:08:21.000+0200}, address = {Schlumberger Cambridge Research (formerly at IPG Paris). E-mail: epascal@slb.com; IPG Paris. E-mail: singh@ipgp.jussieu.fr}, author = {Edme, Pascal and Singh, Satish C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23a9d14bb8d6f654110b5164e23a7912b/nilsma}, doi = {10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04147.x}, interhash = {44cb1b42325e7bf9d9e22d421e445878}, intrahash = {3a9d14bb8d6f654110b5164e23a7912b}, issn = {1365-246X}, journal = {Geophysical Journal International}, keywords = {geophysics seismics}, month = jun, number = 3, pages = {966--977}, timestamp = {2021-02-09T13:23:47.000+0100}, title = {Receiver function decomposition of OBC data: theory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04147.x}, volume = 177, year = 2009 }