Signal Processing and Inversion Techniques

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Analysis and processing of multidimensional geophysics data using theoretical and practical concepts of digital signal processing and geophysical inversion. Topics may include reverse time migration, least squares, maximum entropy, singular value decomposition, regularization, stochastic approaches, and iterative techniques such as conjugate gradients. Practical applications using commercial and open-source computational software. Prerequisite(s): Earth 460 or Geophysics 355; and Earth 467 or Geophysics 517; and 3 units from Earth 365, Earth 468, Geophysics 419, Geophysics 420. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Earth 567 and either Geophysics 557 or Geophysics 559 will not be allowed.