基于截断牛顿法的VTI介质声波多参数全波形反演

不同类别参数间的相互耦合使多参数地震全波形反演的非线性程度显著增加,地震波速度与各向异性参数取值数量级的巨大差异也会使反演问题的性态变差.合理使用Hessian逆算子可以减弱这两类问题对反演的影响,提高多参数反演的精度,而截断牛顿法是一种可以比较准确地估计Hessian逆算子的优化方法.本文采用截断牛顿法在时间域进行了VTI介质的声波双参数同时反演的研究.不同模型的反演试验表明,在VTI介质声波双参数同时反演中,截断牛顿法比有限内存BFGS(Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno,L-BFGS)法能更准确地估计Hessian逆算子,进而较好地平衡两类不同参数的同时更新,得到了比较精确的反演结果.     

地震反演成像中的Hessian算子研究

总结了牛顿类地震反演方法中Hessian算子的作用,对其在地震反演成像中的数学物理含义进行了分析.Hessian算子是误差泛函对模型参数的二阶导数,反映了误差泛函对模型变化的二次型特征.分析声波方程下的Hessian算子的格林函数表达形式,发现其表达了整个观测系统和子波频带等因素对地震数据空间到模型空间投影过程的影响.提出了两种分别适用于最小二乘偏移和全波形反演的Hessian算子简化格式.平面波Hessian算子应用于最小二乘偏移能够得到相对保真的成像结果,改善了地震偏移成像的精度.地下偏移距Hessian算子应用于全波形反演能够加快反演迭代的计算效率.最后,对Hessian算子在地震反演成像中的价值进行了讨论和评价.     

基于交叉梯度约束的电阻率法和背景噪声法三维联合反演研究

电阻率法和背景噪声法是通过获得地下介质的电阻率和速度参数的分布来探究地球内部物质分布的非均匀性特征,联合反演可以有效地发挥两种方法的优势,减小反演多解性.本文采用有限内存拟牛顿（L-BFGS）算法实现了电阻率法和背景噪声法的单方法三维反演,然后基于电阻率和速度模型结构耦合约束,采用交替迭代方式实现了电阻率法和背景噪声法的三维联合反演.通过设计规则体组合模型和不规则体组合模型进行理论模型合成数据三维反演试算,结果表明：联合反演可以获得同时满足数据拟合差和结构更为相似的速度-电阻率模型;联合反演可以压制背景噪声单方法反演出现的假异常,获得更精细的速度结构;联合反演获得的电阻率模型对倾斜异常体、高阻覆层下方异常体、圈闭的高/低阻体等边界信息有明显的提升,有效克服电阻率法单方法反演的局限,提高深部电阻率的分辨率.     

反射地震数据的逐层波形反演

本文针对层状介质并结合梯度法波形反演,提出逐层波形反演的方法. 首先给出介质扰动响应的概念,并在此基础上分析了梯度法波形反演方法. 波形反演实质上是将实测地震记录和预测地震记录的波形残差信息转化为实际地质模型和预测地质模型的模型残差信息. 波形反演的优点是利用大量振幅相位信息得到高分辨率的反演结果, 其缺点是运行耗时大;当初始模型和实际模型相差较大时,迭代算法容易陷入局部极小点,这是因为目标函数和初始模型同实际模型间的差异是非线性的关系. 逐层波形反演方法是使自上而下每一层的目标函数最小,这样总的目标函数也是最小的. 利用二分法速度扫描确定每一层速度不仅提高了运算速度也避免了迭代算法陷入局部极小点的问题. 结合介质扰动响应和目标函数值变化可以更为准确迅速地确定每一层速度和该层界面位置.     

Regularized inversion of amplitude-versus-incidence angle (AVA) based on a piecewise-smooth model

Different from the stacked seismic data, pre-stack data includes abundant information about shear wave and density. Through inversing the shear wave and density information from the pre-stack data, we can determine oil-bearing properties from different incident angles. The state-of-the-art inversion methods obtain either low vertical resolution or lateral discontinuities. However, the practical reservoir generally has sharp discontinuities between different layers in vertically direction and is horizontally smooth. Towards obtaining the practical model, we present an inversion method based on the regularized amplitude-versus-incidence angle (AVA) data to estimate the piecewise-smooth model from pre-stack seismic data. This method considers subsurface stratum as a combination of two parts: a piecewise smooth part and a constant part. To fix the ill-posedness in the inversion, we adopt four terms to define the AVA inversion misfit function: the data misfit itself, a total variation regularization term acting as a sparsing operator for the piecewise constant part, a Tikhonov regularization term acting as a smoothing operator for the smooth part, and the last term to smoothly incorporate a priori information for constraining the magnitude of the estimated model. The proposed method not only can incorporate structure information and a priori model constraint, but also is able to derive into a convex objective function that can be easily minimized using iterative approach. Compared with inversion results of TV and Tikhonov regularization methods, the inverted P-wave velocity, S-wave velocity and density of the proposed method can better delineate the piecewise-smooth characteristic of strata.     

Double parameterized regularization inversion method for migration velocity analysis in transversely isotropic media with a vertical symmetry axis

Simultaneous estimation of velocity gradients and anisotropic parameters from seismic reflection data is one of the main challenges in transversely isotropic media with a vertical symmetry axis migration velocity analysis. In migration velocity analysis, we usually construct the objective function using the l₂ norm along with a linear conjugate gradient scheme to solve the inversion problem. Nevertheless, for seismic data this inversion scheme is not stable and may not converge in finite time. In order to ensure the uniform convergence of parameter inversion and improve the efficiency of migration velocity analysis, this paper develops a double parameterized regularization model and gives the corresponding algorithms. The model is based on the combination of the l₂ norm and the non‐smooth l₁ norm. For solving such an inversion problem, the quasi‐Newton method is utilized to make the iterative process stable, which can ensure the positive definiteness of the Hessian matrix. Numerical simulation indicates that this method allows fast convergence to the true model and simultaneously generates inversion results with a higher accuracy. Therefore, our proposed method is very promising for practical migration velocity analysis in anisotropic media.     

三维频率域航空电磁反演研究

航空电磁数据的三维解释由于数据量大需要有高效的反演算法作为支撑.本文利用两种目前主流的数值优化技术（非线性共轭梯度和有限内存的BFGS法）实现了三维频率域航空电磁反演,并进一步比较了两种方法的有效性和运算效率.在反演过程中,为了更好地反演异常体的空间位置,模型方差矩阵中的光滑系数在反演起始阶段取值较大;当数据拟合差下降趋于平缓时,再利用较小的光滑因子约束反演过程来实现聚焦和获得精确的反演结果.理论数据反演表明这两种优化策略具有相似的内存需求,但是有限内存的BFGS技术比非线性共轭梯度法在计算时间和模型反演分辨率上具有一定的优越性,因此有限内存BFGS法更适合于求解大规模三维反演问题. 模型试验进一步表明目前主流的迭代法求解技术不适合大规模航空电磁数据反演,未来移动平台多源电磁数据快速正反演可通过引入矩阵分解技术来实现.     

三维大地电磁自适应正则化有限内存拟牛顿反演

有别于传统基于梯度信息的反演方法在正则化约束中用总梯度逼近海塞逆矩阵的技术,本文将正则化约束问题的数据拟合项和模型光滑项分开考虑,只利用数据拟合函数的梯度信息对数据拟合项的海塞矩阵进行逼近,通过求解类高斯牛顿下降方向方程得到不依赖前几次迭代正则化因子的更精确下降方向,在求解当前迭代下降方向的过程中,通过保证右端项中两个向量的二范数在同一数量级的原则,实现了正则化因子的自动更新.对理论模型的试算表明这种自适应正则化反演方案可以在拟牛顿反演框架下基本达到OCCAM的算法稳定性,反演结果对初始模型依赖性较小,同时又无需在一次迭代中多次搜索最佳正则化因子.本文还基于此算法讨论了大地电磁各参数对于反演结果的影响,由于本文的反演结果能得到充分的正则化约束,因而在此框架下讨论阻抗和倾子在反演中的作用相对更为客观.     

AN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FOR NON-LINEAR INVERSION OF SEISMIC WAVEFORMS1

A common example of a large-scale non-linear inverse problem is the inversion of seismic waveforms. Techniques used to solve this type of problem usually involve finding the minimum of some misfit function between observations and theoretical predictions. As the size of the problem increases, techniques requiring the inversion of large matrices become very cumbersome. Considerable storage and computational effort are required to perform the inversion and to avoid stability problems. Consequently methods which do not require any large-scale matrix inversion have proved to be very popular. Currently, descent type algorithms are in widespread use. Usually at each iteration a descent direction is derived from the gradient of the misfit function and an improvement is made to an existing model based on this, and perhaps previous descent directions. A common feature in nearly all geophysically relevant problems is the existence of separate parameter types in the inversion, i.e. unknowns of different dimension and character. However, this fundamental difference in parameter types is not reflected in the inversion algorithms used. Usually gradient methods either mix parameter types together and take little notice of the individual character or assume some knowledge of their relative importance within the inversion process. We propose a new strategy for the non-linear inversion of multi-offset reflection data. The paper is entirely theoretical and its aim is to show how a technique which has been applied in reflection tomography and to the inversion of arrival times for 3D structure, may be used in the waveform case. Specifically we show how to extend the algorithm presented by Tarantola to incorporate the subspace scheme. The proposed strategy involves no large-scale matrix inversion but pays particular attention to different parameter types in the inversion. We use the formulae of Tarantola to state the problem as one of optimization and derive the same descent vectors. The new technique splits the descent vector so that each part depends on a different parameter type, and proceeds to minimize the misfit function within the sub-space defined by these individual descent vectors. In this way, optimal use is made of the descent vector components, i.e. one finds the combination which produces the greatest reduction in the misfit function based on a local linearization of the problem within the subspace. This is not the case with other gradient methods. By solving a linearized problem in the chosen subspace, at each iteration one need only invert a small well-conditioned matrix (the projection of the full Hessian on to the subspace). The method is a hybrid between gradient and matrix inversion methods. The proposed algorithm requires the same gradient vectors to be determined as in the algorithm of Tarantola, although its primary aim is to make better use of those calculations in minimizing the objective function.     

基于修正拟牛顿公式的全波形反演

波形反演是一种利用全波场信息,通过最小化预测波场和实际波场的残差来揭示地下岩性和构造信息的方法.本文首先简述了常规拟牛顿算法的原理,之后利用一种新的拟牛顿公式对Davidon-Fletcher-Powell(DFP)和Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno(BFGS)算法进行了修正,改进后的BFGS算法在近似Hessian矩阵逆矩阵时,不仅考虑了梯度和模型信息,还加入了目标函数本身的信息,而且对于每次迭代,基本没有增加计算量.数值试验表明,相对常规拟牛顿方法,修正BFGS算法在保证反演精度的同时,明显提高了反演效率.     

目标函数叠前保幅偏移方法与应用

将理论反射率与偏移反射率的差作为目标函数,给出一种迭代振幅补偿保幅偏移方法.把偏移看作一个反问题,寻找反问题中的最优解.偏移算子是正演算子的伴随共轭,其伴随矩阵非对角占优.通过预条件优化伴随矩阵,使Hessian矩阵准对角化.依据地震波传播稳定相位理论,计算反射点,以反射点为中心、菲涅耳带为半径偏移.考虑振幅几何扩散补偿、散射角度补偿,在迭代反演过程求出最优解,即保幅偏移解.本文给出了一个保幅数值模拟结果和一个实际地震数据实例.     

航空电磁拟三维模型空间约束反演

为了克服时间域航空电磁数据单点反演结果中常见的电阻率或层厚度横向突变造成数据难以解释的问题,通过引入双向约束实现航空电磁拟三维空间约束反演.除考虑沿测线方向相邻测点之间的横向约束外,同时还考虑了垂直测线方向测点在空间上的相互约束.为此,首先设计拟三维模型中固定层厚和可变层厚两种空间约束反演方案,然后通过在目标函数中引入沿测线和垂直测线方向上的模型参数约束矩阵,并使用L-BFGS算法使目标函数最小化,获得最优拟三维模型空间反演解.基于理论模型和实测数据反演,对单点反演与两种空间约束反演方案的有效性进行比较,证明本文空间约束反演算法对于噪声的压制效果好,反演的界面连续光滑,同时内存需求和反演时间少,是一种快速有效的反演策略.     

Seismic Event Location: Nonlinear Inversion Using a Neighbourhood Algorithm

—?A recently developed direct search method for inversion, known as a neighbourhood algorithm (NA), is applied to the hypocentre location problem. Like some previous methods the algorithm uses randomised, or stochastic, sampling of a four-dimensional hypocentral parameter space, to search for solutions with acceptable data fit. Considerable flexibility is allowed in the choice of misfit measure.¶At each stage the hypocentral parameter space is partitioned into a series of convex polygons called Voronoi cells. Each cell surrounds a previously generated hypocentre for which the fit to the data has been determined. As the algorithm proceeds new hypocentres are randomly generated in the neighbourhood of those hypocentres with smaller data misfit. In this way all previous hypocentres guide the search, and the more promising regions of parameter space are preferentially sampled.¶The NA procedure makes use of just two tuning parameters. It is possible to choose their values so that the behaviour of the algorithm is similar to that of a contracting irregular grid in 4-D. This is the feature of the algorithm that we exploit for hypocentre location. In experiments with different events and data sources, the NA approach is able to achieve comparable or better levels of data fit than a range of alternative methods; linearised least-squares, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing and a contracting grid scheme. Moreover, convergence was achieved with a substantially reduced number of travel-time/slowness calculations compared with other nonlinear inversion techniques. Even when initial parameter bounds are very loose, the NA procedure produced robust convergence with acceptable levels of data fit.     

基于GPU并行的时间域全波形优化共轭梯度法快速GPR双参数反演

探地雷达（GPR）时间域全波形反演计算量巨大,内存要求高,在微机上计算难度大.本文中作者基于GPU并行加速的维度提升反演策略,采用优化的共轭梯度法,避免了Hessian矩阵的计算,在普通微机上实现了时间域全波形二维GPR双参数（介电常数和电导率）快速反演.论文首先推导了二维TM波的时域有限差分法（FDTD）的交错网格离散差分格式及波场更新策略.然后,基于Lagrange乘数法,将约束问题转化为无约束最小问题,构建了共轭梯度法反演目标函数,采用Fletcher-Reeves公式与非精确线搜索Wolfe准则,确保了梯度方向修正因子及迭代步长选取的合理性.而GPU并行计算及维度提升反演策略的应用,数倍地提升了反演速度.最后,开展了3个模型的合成数据的反演实验,分别从观测方式、梯度优化及天线频率等方面,分析了这些因素对雷达全波形反演的影响,说明双参数的反演较单一的介电常数反演,能提供更丰富的信息约束,有效提高模型重建的精度.     

Preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient method for frequency domain full‐waveform seismic inversion

We present preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient algorithms as alternatives to the Gauss‐Newton method for frequency domain full‐waveform seismic inversion. We designed two preconditioning operators. For the first preconditioner, we introduce the inverse of an approximate sparse Hessian matrix. The approximate Hessian matrix, which is highly sparse, is constructed by judiciously truncating the Gauss‐Newton Hessian matrix based on examining the auto‐correlation and cross‐correlation of the Jacobian matrix. As the second preconditioner, we employ the approximation of the inverse of the Gauss‐Newton Hessian matrix. This preconditioner is constructed by terminating the iteration process of the conjugate gradient least‐squares method, which is used for inverting the Hessian matrix before it converges. In our preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient algorithms, the step‐length along the search direction, which is a crucial factor for the convergence, is carefully chosen to maximize the reduction of the cost function after each iteration. The numerical simulation results show that by including a very limited number of non‐zero elements in the approximate Hessian, the first preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient algorithm is able to yield comparable inversion results to the Gauss‐Newton method while maintaining the efficiency of the un‐preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient method. The only extra cost is the computation of the inverse of the approximate sparse Hessian matrix, which is less expensive than the computation of a forward simulation of one source at one frequency of operation. The second preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient algorithm also significantly saves the computational expense in comparison with the Gauss‐Newton method while maintaining the Gauss‐Newton reconstruction quality. However, this second preconditioned non‐linear conjugate gradient algorithm is more expensive than the first one.     

Convergence analyses of different modeling schemes for generalized Lippmann–Schwinger integral equation in piecewise heterogeneous media

For wave propagation simulation in piecewise heterogeneous media, Gaussian-elimination-based full-waveform solutions to the generalized Lippmann–Schwinger integral equation (GLSIE) are highly accurate, but involved with extremely time-consuming computations because of the very large size of the resulting boundary–volume integral equation matrix to be inverted. Several flexible approximations to the GLSIE are scaled in an iterative way to adapt numerical solutions to the smoothness of heterogeneous media in terms of incident wavelengths, with a great saving of computing time and memory. Among various typical iterative schemes to the GLSIE matrix, the generalized minimal residual method (GMRES) is an efficient approach to reduce the computational intensity to some degree. The most efficient approximation can be obtained using a Born series, as an alternative iterative solution, to both the boundary-scattering and volume-scattering waves, leading to the Born-series approximation (BSA) scheme and the improved Born-series approximation (IBSA) scheme. These iteration schemes are validated by dimensionless frequency responses to a heterogeneous semicircular alluvial valley, and then applied to a heterogeneous multilayered model by calculating synthetic seismograms to evaluate approximation accuracies. Numerical experiments, compared with the full-waveform numerical solution, indicate that the convergence rates of these methods decrease gradually with increasing velocity perturbations. The comparison also shows that the BSA scheme has a faster convergence than the GMRES method for velocity perturbations less than 10 percent, but converges slowly and even hardly achieves convergence for velocity perturbations greater than 15 percent. The IBSA scheme gives a superior performance over the other methods, with the least iterations to achieve the necessary convergence.     

基于高斯牛顿法的频率域可控源电磁三维反演研究

三维反演解释是电磁法勘探发展的重要趋势,而如何提高三维反演的可靠性、稳定性和计算效率是算法开发者们目前的研究重点.本文实现了一种频率域可控源电磁(CSEM)三维反演算法.其中正演基于拟态有限体积法离散化,利用直接矩阵分解技术来求解大型线性系统方程,不仅准确、稳定,而且特别有利于含有大量发射场源位置的CSEM勘探情况;对目标函数的最优化采用高斯牛顿法(GN),具有近似二次的收敛性;使用预条件共轭梯度法(PCG)求解每次GN迭代所得到的法方程,避免了显式求解和存储灵敏度矩阵,减小了计算量.以上这些方法的结合应用,使得本文的三维反演算法准确、稳定且高效.通过陆地和海洋CSEM勘探场景中的典型理论模型的反演测试,验证了本文算法的有效性.     

Least‐squares reverse‐time migration in a matrix‐based formulation

This paper describes least‐squares reverse‐time migration. The method provides the exact adjoint operator pair for solving the linear inverse problem, thereby enhancing the convergence of gradient‐based iterative linear inversion methods. In this formulation, modified source wavelets are used to correct the source signature imprint in the predicted data. Moreover, a roughness constraint is applied to stabilise the inversion and reduce high‐wavenumber artefacts. It is also shown that least‐squares migration implicitly applies a deconvolution imaging condition. Three numerical experiments illustrate that this method is able to produce seismic reflectivity images with higher resolution, more accurate amplitudes, and fewer artefacts than conventional reverse‐time migration. The methodology is currently feasible in 2‐D and can naturally be extended to 3‐D when computational resources become more powerful.     

Full waveform inversion and the truncated Newton method: quantitative imaging of complex subsurface structures

Full waveform inversion is a powerful tool for quantitative seismic imaging from wide‐azimuth seismic data. The method is based on the minimization of the misfit between observed and simulated data. This amounts to the solution of a large‐scale nonlinear minimization problem. The inverse Hessian operator plays a crucial role in this reconstruction process. Accounting accurately for the effect of this operator within the minimization scheme should correct for illumination deficits, restore the amplitude of the subsurface parameters, and help to remove artefacts generated by energetic multiple reflections. Conventional minimization methods (nonlinear conjugate gradient, quasi‐Newton methods) only roughly approximate the effect of this operator. In this study, we are interested in the truncated Newton minimization method. These methods are based on the computation of the model update through a matrix‐free conjugate gradient solution of the Newton linear system. We present a feasible implementation of this method for the full waveform inversion problem, based on a second‐order adjoint state formulation for the computation of Hessian‐vector products. We compare this method with conventional methods within the context of 2D acoustic frequency full waveform inversion for the reconstruction of P‐wave velocity models. Two test cases are investigated. The first is the synthetic BP 2004 model, representative of the Gulf of Mexico geology with high velocity contrasts associated with the presence of salt structures. The second is a 2D real data‐set from the Valhall oil field in North sea. Although, from a computational cost point of view, the truncated Newton method appears to be more expensive than conventional optimization algorithms, the results emphasize its increased robustness. A better reconstruction of the P‐wave velocity model is provided when energetic multiple reflections make it difficult to interpret the seismic data. A better trade‐off between regularization and resolution is obtained when noise contamination of the data requires one to regularize the solution of the inverse problem.     

基于改进全变差正则化的GPR多尺度全波形双参数同步反演

针对探地雷达（GPR）双参数全波形反演中电导率反演精度差、双参数存在串扰现象、反演计算量大、易陷入局部极值等问题.作者将具有多参数调节功能的L-BFGS算法引入到GPR时间域全波形反演中,它避免了对Hessian矩阵的直接存储与精确求解,减小了存储量和计算量.结合参数调节因子的选取,有效减小了同步反演时介电常数与电导率的串扰影响,在不降低介电常数反演精度的前提下,提高电导率参数的反演精度.通过在反演目标函数中加载改进全变差正则化方法,提高了反演的稳定性,使目标体边缘轮廓更加清晰.首先以简单模型为例,对比了单尺度反演与多尺度串行反演策略的优劣,说明多尺度串行反演有利于逐步搜索全局最优解;而开展参数调节因子的选取实验,说明合适的参数调节因子可以有效改善介质电导率的反演精度;测试了不同正则化的反演效果,表明改进全变差正则化能提高反演稳定性,显著降低模型重构误差.最后,分别对含噪合成数据和实测数据进行了反演测试,说明本文提出的多尺度、双参数反演具有较强的鲁棒性,能提供更丰富的信息约束,重构图像界面清晰、反演效果好.