| Abstract: | Three-component recordings permit the construction of particle trajectories. These three-dimensional pictures of particle motion show successive predominant directions of polarization and allow wave modes with distinct polarization directions to be recognized. A polarization selection, called ‘spatial directional filtering’, can be accomplished by several methods; four techniques are described. The application of these polarization filters to a noise shot, offset VSPs and CDP stack are also presented. This type of filtering is shown to cancel waves with undue polarization and to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio. |
