4D multiparameter adaptive metropolis hastings inversion

Title4D multiparameter adaptive metropolis hastings inversion
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsKotsi, M, Malcolm, A, Ely, G
Conference NameSEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2019
PublisherSociety of Exploration Geophysicists
Conference LocationSan Antonio, Texas
Abstract

In geophysical imaging, uncertainty quantification is crucial for decision making. 4D seismic imaging aims to accurately recover changes that take place within a reservoir. These changes are typically characterized by their magnitude and their extent. We perform a Bayesian inversion using a Metropolis Hastings algorithm to sample our posterior distribution of 4D velocity models given observed data. To model the 4D change we use a discrete cosine transformation, and attempt to recover the lowest frequency coefficients, so that we can model realistic changes with only a few degrees of freedom. Unlike most of uncertainty quantification methodologies that use expensive forward solvers, we speed up our computations by using a numerically exact local acoustic solver.

URLhttps://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/segam2019-3215046.1
DOI10.1190/segeab.3810.1190/segam2019-3215046.1