Geophysical Data Processing and Analysis (GP 305)

Course NameGeophysical Data Processing and Analysis
Course IDGP 305
DescriptionCore Theory
SyllabusIntroduction to signal processing; Auto correlation and cross correlation, Curve fitting and method of least-squares. Linear time invariant systems, Z- Transform; Introduction to digital filtering and windowing, Estimation of transfer function for digital filters, Impulse response and convolution; Fourier Transform (FT) and its properties. Bit-reversal algorithm, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT); Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and Power spectral estimation, Hilbert Transform (HT); Analytic signal, Sampling theorem; Introduction to Wavelet analysis (WA) in geophysics; Continuous and discrete wavelet transform, Introduction to data modeling techniques: auto regressive (AR), moving average (MA), Auto regressive moving average (ARMA), Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) of spectral analysis. Applications of FT, HT, WA in Geophysics.
References
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  • Proakis, J.G., Manolakis, D.G. Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications, 4th Edition, Pearson Education India, 2007.

  • Chandrasekhar, E., Dimri, V.P., Gadre, V.M. (Eds.) Wavelets and Fractals in Earth System Sciences, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publishers, 2013.

  • Harris, F.J. Multirate Signal Processing for Communication Systems, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018.

  • Mallat, S. A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing: The Sparse Way, 3rd Edition, Academic Press, 2016