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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-279
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-279
13 May 2022
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A comparison of straight-ray and curved-ray surface wave tomography approaches at near-surface studies

Mohammadkarim Karimpour, Evert Slob, and Laura Valentina Socco

Abstract. Surface waves are widely used to model shear-wave velocity of the subsurface. Surface wave tomography (SWT) has recently gained popularity for near-surface studies. Some researchers have used straight-ray SWT in which it is assumed that surface waves propagate along the straight line between receiver pairs. Alternatively, curved-ray SWT can be employed by computing the exact paths between the receiver pairs. SWT is a well-established method in seismology and has been employed in numerous seismological studies. However, it is important to make a comparison between these two SWT approaches for near-surface applications since the amount of information and the level of complexity in near-surface are different from seismological studies. We apply straight-ray and curved-ray SWT to four near-surface examples and compare the results in terms of the quality of the final model and the computational cost.

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Journal article(s) based on this preprint

21 Oct 2022
Comparison of straight-ray and curved-ray surface wave tomography approaches in near-surface studies
Mohammadkarim Karimpour, Evert Slob, and Laura Valentina Socco
Solid Earth, 13, 1569–1583, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1569-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1569-2022, 2022
Short summary
Mohammadkarim Karimpour, Evert Slob, and Laura Valentina Socco

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Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-279', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jun 2022
    • RC3: 'Reply on RC1', Emanuel Kästle, 10 Jun 2022
      • AC4: 'Reply on RC3', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-279', Emanuel Kästle, 10 Jun 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022
  • RC4: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-279', Fabrizio Magrini, 27 Jun 2022
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC4', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-279', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jun 2022
    • RC3: 'Reply on RC1', Emanuel Kästle, 10 Jun 2022
      • AC4: 'Reply on RC3', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-279', Emanuel Kästle, 10 Jun 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022
  • RC4: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-279', Fabrizio Magrini, 27 Jun 2022
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC4', Mohammadkarim Karimpour, 03 Aug 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Mohammadkarim Karimpour on behalf of the Authors (03 Aug 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Aug 2022) by Ulrike Werban
RR by Emanuel Kästle (08 Aug 2022)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 Aug 2022)
RR by Fabrizio Magrini (20 Aug 2022)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Aug 2022) by Ulrike Werban
AR by Mohammadkarim Karimpour on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2022)
EF by Sarah Buchmann (05 Sep 2022)  Manuscript 
EF by Sarah Buchmann (05 Sep 2022)  Author's response 
EF by Sarah Buchmann (05 Sep 2022)  Author's tracked changes 
ED: Publish as is (08 Sep 2022) by Ulrike Werban
ED: Publish as is (08 Sep 2022) by CharLotte Krawczyk (Executive editor)
AR by Mohammadkarim Karimpour on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2022)

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

21 Oct 2022
Comparison of straight-ray and curved-ray surface wave tomography approaches in near-surface studies
Mohammadkarim Karimpour, Evert Slob, and Laura Valentina Socco
Solid Earth, 13, 1569–1583, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1569-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1569-2022, 2022
Short summary
Mohammadkarim Karimpour, Evert Slob, and Laura Valentina Socco
Mohammadkarim Karimpour, Evert Slob, and Laura Valentina Socco

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Short summary
Near-surface characterization is of great importance. Surface wave tomography (SWT) is a powerful tool to model the subsurface. In this work, we compare straight-ray and curved-ray SWT at near-surface scale. We apply both approaches on four datasets and compare the results in terms of the quality of the final model and the computational cost. We show that in case of high data coverage, straight-ray SWT can produce similar results as curved-ray SWT, but with less computational cost.