Seismic attenuation has been inherent media characteristics in which an interesting topic of research, for it reflects the seismic waves propagate. There are many factors that cause seismic wave attenuation, such as g...Seismic attenuation has been inherent media characteristics in which an interesting topic of research, for it reflects the seismic waves propagate. There are many factors that cause seismic wave attenuation, such as geometry attenuation caused by energy dissipating during propagation, friction attenuation by relative sliding among rock grains, and scattering attenuation by rock heterogeneity. In this paper we study P-wave scattering attenuation in a random elastic medium by numerical simulations from a statistical point of view. A random elastic medium model is built based on general stochastic process theory. Then a staggered-grid pseudo-spectral method is used to simulate wave propagation. Scattering attenuation is estimated by the spectral ratio method based on virtual detector records. Random elastic media numerical scatter results with various heterogeneity levels show that the higher heterogeneous levels cause greater scattering attenuation. When the scatter sizes are smaller than a wave length, the larger scatters give a greater attenuation. Finally, we propose a method to evaluate fluid-flow attenuation in porous media. The fluid- flow attenuation is derived from total attenuation and scattering attenuation in random porous media and the attenuation is estimated quantitatively. Results show that in the real seismic frequency range when the heterogeneous scale is about 10^1 meters （less than one wave length）, scattering attenuation is larger than fluid-tlow attenuation in random porous media and scattering attenuation is the main factor of seismic attenuation in real heterogeneous porous media.展开更多
Seismic attenuation is a fundamental property of the Earth's media.Attenuation structure for the complicated geological structures with strong seismicity in the Sichuan-Yunnan region is poorly studied.In this stud...Seismic attenuation is a fundamental property of the Earth's media.Attenuation structure for the complicated geological structures with strong seismicity in the Sichuan-Yunnan region is poorly studied.In this study,we collected 108,399 waveforms of 11,517 local small earthquakes with magnitudes between 1.5 and 3.5 from January 2014 to September 2021 in the Sichuan-Yunnan region and its adjacent areas.We employed an envelope inversion technique for separating the intrinsic and scattering attenuations of the S coda wave,and obtained the intrinsic and scattering attenuation structures for frequencies between 0.25 and 8.00 Hz.The attenuation structures correlate well with the geological units,and some major faults mark the attenuation variations where historic large earthquakes have occurred.The regional average attenuation shows a negative frequency dependence.The average scattering attenuation has a faster descending rate than the average intrinsic attenuation,and is dominant at low frequencies,while at high frequencies the average intrinsic attenuation is stronger.The lateral variation in the intrinsic attenuation is consistent with the variation in heat flow,the scattering attenuation may be related to the scatter distribution and size.The total attenuation is consistent with the previous studies in this region,and the separate intrinsic and scattering attenuation may be useful in understanding regional tectonics and important in earthquake prevention and disaster reduction.展开更多
A terahertz(THz)wave transmitted through vegetation experiences both absorption and scattering caused by the air molecules and leaves.This paper presents the scattering attenuation characteristics of vegetation in a T...A terahertz(THz)wave transmitted through vegetation experiences both absorption and scattering caused by the air molecules and leaves.This paper presents the scattering attenuation characteristics of vegetation in a THz range.The theoretical path loss model near the vegetation yields the average attenuation of THz waves in a mixed channel composed of air and vegetation leaves.Furthermore,a simplified model of the vegetation structure is obtained for generic vegetation types based on a variety of parameters,such as leaf size,distribution,and moisture content.Finally,based on specific vegetation species and different levels of air humidity,the attenuation characteristics under different conditions are calculated,and the influence of different model parameters on the attenuation characteristics is obtained.展开更多
The phenomenon of attenuation and scattering of light propagating in water leads to such problems as color deviation and blur in underwater imaging.These problems bring great challenges to the subsequent feature match...The phenomenon of attenuation and scattering of light propagating in water leads to such problems as color deviation and blur in underwater imaging.These problems bring great challenges to the subsequent feature matching,target recognition and other tasks.Therefore,this paper proposes an underwater image enhancement method by double compensation with comparative adjustment or edge reinforcement.The experiments have found that the proposed method has good underwater color image quality evaluation(UCIQE)value,underwater image quality measures(UIQM)value,and the number of feature matching points.This demonstrates that the proposed method has good color correction ability for underwater images with different attenuation levels,where the processed images have more details suitable for feature matching.展开更多
Simultaneous inversion of scattering and absorption attenuation is of great significance for investigating small-scale inhomogeneities and inelastic properties of the subsurface.However,applying this to complex geophy...Simultaneous inversion of scattering and absorption attenuation is of great significance for investigating small-scale inhomogeneities and inelastic properties of the subsurface.However,applying this to complex geophysical issues is constrained by the costly computational requirements for simulations and inversions using existing methods.The coupling effects between the scattering and absorption coefficients cause parameter crosstalk artifacts in multi-parameter inversion,significantly increasing the nonlinearity of the inverse processes.This paper proposes a robust and effective simultaneous inversion method for scattering and absorption attenuation.The propagation of coda energy is modeled using the finite-element method based on the frequency-domain diffusion equation.We employ the truncated Gauss-Newton technique for the simultaneous estimation of scattering and absorption coefficients to decouple the two attenuation parameters during the inversion procedure.Nevertheless,the inversion may reach a local minimum if the energy frequency is inappropriate due to a phase mismatch between the simulated and measured energies.To mitigate this issue,we provide a frequency selection criterion that considers the substantial spectral shift of the energy density spectrum toward lower frequencies.Numerical examples using synthetic and experimental data indicate that our method can significantly reduce computational complexity and suppress two-parameter crosstalk without requiring a precise initial attenuation model.展开更多
Poro-acoustoelastic theory has made a great progress in both theoretical and experimental aspects,but with no publications on the joint research from theoretical analyses,experimental measurements,and numerical valida...Poro-acoustoelastic theory has made a great progress in both theoretical and experimental aspects,but with no publications on the joint research from theoretical analyses,experimental measurements,and numerical validations.Several key issues challenge the joint research with comparisons of experimental and numerical results,such as digital imaging of heterogeneous poroelastic properties,estimation of acoustoelastic constants,numerical dispersion at high frequencies and strong heterogeneities,elastic nonlinearity due to compliant pores,and contamination by boundary reflections.Conventional poroacoustoelastic theory,valid for the linear elastic deformation of rock grains and stiff pores,is modified by incorporating a dualporosity model to account for elastic nonlinearity due to compliant pores subject to high-magnitude loading stresses.A modified finite-element method is employed to simulate the subtle effect of microstructures on wave propagation in prestressed digital cores.We measure the heterogeneity of samples by extracting the autocorrelation length of digital cores for a rough estimation of scattering intensity.We conductexperimental measurements with a fluid-saturated sandstone sample under a constant confining pressure of 65 MPa and increasing pore pressures from 5 to 60 MPa.Numerical simulations for ultrasound propagation in the prestressed fluid-saturated digital core of the sample are followed based on the proposed poro-acoustoelastic model with compliant pores.The results demonstrate a general agreement between experimental and numerical waveforms for different stresses,validating the performance of the presented modeling scheme.The excellent agreement between experimental and numerical coda quality factors demonstrates the applicability for the numerical investigation of the stress-associated scattering attenuation in prestressed porous rocks.展开更多
基金supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (Grant No. 40839901)
文摘Seismic attenuation has been inherent media characteristics in which an interesting topic of research, for it reflects the seismic waves propagate. There are many factors that cause seismic wave attenuation, such as geometry attenuation caused by energy dissipating during propagation, friction attenuation by relative sliding among rock grains, and scattering attenuation by rock heterogeneity. In this paper we study P-wave scattering attenuation in a random elastic medium by numerical simulations from a statistical point of view. A random elastic medium model is built based on general stochastic process theory. Then a staggered-grid pseudo-spectral method is used to simulate wave propagation. Scattering attenuation is estimated by the spectral ratio method based on virtual detector records. Random elastic media numerical scatter results with various heterogeneity levels show that the higher heterogeneous levels cause greater scattering attenuation. When the scatter sizes are smaller than a wave length, the larger scatters give a greater attenuation. Finally, we propose a method to evaluate fluid-flow attenuation in porous media. The fluid- flow attenuation is derived from total attenuation and scattering attenuation in random porous media and the attenuation is estimated quantitatively. Results show that in the real seismic frequency range when the heterogeneous scale is about 10^1 meters （less than one wave length）, scattering attenuation is larger than fluid-tlow attenuation in random porous media and scattering attenuation is the main factor of seismic attenuation in real heterogeneous porous media.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Institute of Earthquake Forecas-ting,China Earthquake Administration(No.2021IEF0603)the Special Fund of the Institute of Geophysics,China Earthquake Administration(No.DQJB21B32).
文摘Seismic attenuation is a fundamental property of the Earth's media.Attenuation structure for the complicated geological structures with strong seismicity in the Sichuan-Yunnan region is poorly studied.In this study,we collected 108,399 waveforms of 11,517 local small earthquakes with magnitudes between 1.5 and 3.5 from January 2014 to September 2021 in the Sichuan-Yunnan region and its adjacent areas.We employed an envelope inversion technique for separating the intrinsic and scattering attenuations of the S coda wave,and obtained the intrinsic and scattering attenuation structures for frequencies between 0.25 and 8.00 Hz.The attenuation structures correlate well with the geological units,and some major faults mark the attenuation variations where historic large earthquakes have occurred.The regional average attenuation shows a negative frequency dependence.The average scattering attenuation has a faster descending rate than the average intrinsic attenuation,and is dominant at low frequencies,while at high frequencies the average intrinsic attenuation is stronger.The lateral variation in the intrinsic attenuation is consistent with the variation in heat flow,the scattering attenuation may be related to the scatter distribution and size.The total attenuation is consistent with the previous studies in this region,and the separate intrinsic and scattering attenuation may be useful in understanding regional tectonics and important in earthquake prevention and disaster reduction.
基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NT2021026).
文摘A terahertz(THz)wave transmitted through vegetation experiences both absorption and scattering caused by the air molecules and leaves.This paper presents the scattering attenuation characteristics of vegetation in a THz range.The theoretical path loss model near the vegetation yields the average attenuation of THz waves in a mixed channel composed of air and vegetation leaves.Furthermore,a simplified model of the vegetation structure is obtained for generic vegetation types based on a variety of parameters,such as leaf size,distribution,and moisture content.Finally,based on specific vegetation species and different levels of air humidity,the attenuation characteristics under different conditions are calculated,and the influence of different model parameters on the attenuation characteristics is obtained.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62372100 and 6237118)。
文摘The phenomenon of attenuation and scattering of light propagating in water leads to such problems as color deviation and blur in underwater imaging.These problems bring great challenges to the subsequent feature matching,target recognition and other tasks.Therefore,this paper proposes an underwater image enhancement method by double compensation with comparative adjustment or edge reinforcement.The experiments have found that the proposed method has good underwater color image quality evaluation(UCIQE)value,underwater image quality measures(UIQM)value,and the number of feature matching points.This demonstrates that the proposed method has good color correction ability for underwater images with different attenuation levels,where the processed images have more details suitable for feature matching.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2023YFF0803203)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42288201,42404133)+1 种基金the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Geophysical High-resolution Imaging Technology(Grant No.2022B1212010002)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2023T160639)。
文摘Simultaneous inversion of scattering and absorption attenuation is of great significance for investigating small-scale inhomogeneities and inelastic properties of the subsurface.However,applying this to complex geophysical issues is constrained by the costly computational requirements for simulations and inversions using existing methods.The coupling effects between the scattering and absorption coefficients cause parameter crosstalk artifacts in multi-parameter inversion,significantly increasing the nonlinearity of the inverse processes.This paper proposes a robust and effective simultaneous inversion method for scattering and absorption attenuation.The propagation of coda energy is modeled using the finite-element method based on the frequency-domain diffusion equation.We employ the truncated Gauss-Newton technique for the simultaneous estimation of scattering and absorption coefficients to decouple the two attenuation parameters during the inversion procedure.Nevertheless,the inversion may reach a local minimum if the energy frequency is inappropriate due to a phase mismatch between the simulated and measured energies.To mitigate this issue,we provide a frequency selection criterion that considers the substantial spectral shift of the energy density spectrum toward lower frequencies.Numerical examples using synthetic and experimental data indicate that our method can significantly reduce computational complexity and suppress two-parameter crosstalk without requiring a precise initial attenuation model.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41821002)National Major Project of China(Grant No.2017ZX05008007)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA14010303)。
文摘Poro-acoustoelastic theory has made a great progress in both theoretical and experimental aspects,but with no publications on the joint research from theoretical analyses,experimental measurements,and numerical validations.Several key issues challenge the joint research with comparisons of experimental and numerical results,such as digital imaging of heterogeneous poroelastic properties,estimation of acoustoelastic constants,numerical dispersion at high frequencies and strong heterogeneities,elastic nonlinearity due to compliant pores,and contamination by boundary reflections.Conventional poroacoustoelastic theory,valid for the linear elastic deformation of rock grains and stiff pores,is modified by incorporating a dualporosity model to account for elastic nonlinearity due to compliant pores subject to high-magnitude loading stresses.A modified finite-element method is employed to simulate the subtle effect of microstructures on wave propagation in prestressed digital cores.We measure the heterogeneity of samples by extracting the autocorrelation length of digital cores for a rough estimation of scattering intensity.We conductexperimental measurements with a fluid-saturated sandstone sample under a constant confining pressure of 65 MPa and increasing pore pressures from 5 to 60 MPa.Numerical simulations for ultrasound propagation in the prestressed fluid-saturated digital core of the sample are followed based on the proposed poro-acoustoelastic model with compliant pores.The results demonstrate a general agreement between experimental and numerical waveforms for different stresses,validating the performance of the presented modeling scheme.The excellent agreement between experimental and numerical coda quality factors demonstrates the applicability for the numerical investigation of the stress-associated scattering attenuation in prestressed porous rocks.
