oa The quantification and monitoring of data quality and the design of optimum sweeps

The application of vibratory sources in seismic exploration principally allows us to tune the source signature to the (changes in) specific (sub-) surface conditions through a proper choice of the pilot signal. Objective design of source signatures is feasible only if we can define how the quality of the dataset is affected by the choice of pilot signal. This requires a description of the quality of the seismic data in terms of the pilot signal.