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Volume 73, Issue 3
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Abstract

Limitations in acquisition technologies lead to insufficient low‐frequency signals in field seismic data. Local optimization methods are the common approaches for full‐waveform inversion. Inaccurate initial velocity models and lack of low‐frequency signals in seismic data typically cause the local‐gradient‐based full‐waveform inversion to converge to a local minimum due to cycle‐skipping. The existing energy‐based objective functions can generate artificial low‐frequency signals successfully by squaring the pressure but overlook the law of energy conservation, which may mislead model updates. To overcome this issue, we combine acoustic wave potential energy and kinetic energy to develop a new objective function that fits the acoustic wave energy. The new acoustic‐wave‐energy‐based full‐waveform inversion considers the law of energy conservation. The new system creates low‐frequency signals to avoid cycle‐skipping and produce an accurate smooth background velocity model, which provides a sufficient starting model for conventional full‐waveform inversion. Numerical examples demonstrate that the combination of acoustic‐wave‐energy‐based full‐waveform inversion and conventional full‐waveform inversion can deliver more faithful and accurate final results than conventional full‐waveform inversion alone.

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Addressing cycle‐skipping in full‐waveform inversion using acoustic wave energy
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