Statistical Discrimination. Higher Mode Detection Studies

Abstract

The report presents results of applying a maximum entropy power spectrum analysis technique to detect higher order mode surface waves. The algorithm used partitioned each seismogram into time gates representing average group velocities, and spectral analysis was used to determine the periods of the data in the gates. The technique was tested successfully on artificial seismograms containing the Rayleigh and three higher modes of surface waves, with and without additive noise. Maximum entropy power spectrum analysis techniques were applied to an ensemble of 29 long-period seismograms obtained from LASA beams. The long-period seismograms were of both continental and continental-oceanic paths. While several instances of possible higher mode waves were revealed by the analysis, no consistency was found in the occurrence of these modes. Major conclusions were that ME spectrum analysis provides finer details in seismogram spectra than are otherwise available and that it provides an effective method for computing group-velocity frequency curves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1970
Accession Number
AD0880494

Entities

People

  • William H. Swindell

Organizations

  • Texas Instruments

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Consistency
  • Contracts
  • Detection
  • Discrimination
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Response
  • Group Velocity
  • Modulation
  • Power Spectra
  • Rayleigh Waves
  • Spectra
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Surface Waves
  • Travel Time
  • United States

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Seismology