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Characterise the Non-Uniqueness in Full-Waveform Inversion by Using the Square-Root Variable Metric Based Null-Space Shuttle
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019, Jun 2019, Volume 2019, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Full-waveform inversion is an ill-posed inverse problem, with non-unique solutions. We examine its non-uniqueness by exploring the null-space shuttle, which can generate an ensemble of data-fitting solutions efficiently. We construct this shuttle based on a quasi-Newton method, the square-root variable-metric (SRVM) method. This method enables a retrieval of the inverse data-misfit Hessian after the SRVM-based elastic FWI converges. Combining SRVM with randomised singular value decomposition (SVD), we obtain the eigenvector subspaces of the inverse data-misfit Hessian. The first one among them is considered to determine the null space of the elastic FWI result. Using the SRVM-based null-space shuttle we can modify the inverted result a posteriori in a highly efficient manner without corrupting data misfit. Also, because the SRVM method is embedded through elastic FWI, our method can be extended to multi-parameter problems. We confirm and highlight our methods with the elastic Marmousi example.