Advancing Data-Driven Broadband Seismic Wavefield Simulation With Multiconditional Diffusion Model
Sparse distributions of seismic sensors and sources pose challenges for subsurface imaging, source characterization, and ground motion modeling. While large-N arrays have shown the potential of dense observational data, their deployment over extensive areas is constrained by economic and logistical limitations. Numerical simulations offer an alternative, but modeling realistic wavefields remains computationally expensive. To address these challenges, we develop a multi-conditional diffusion transformer for generating seismic wavefields without requiring prior geological knowledge. Our method produces high-resolution wavefields that accurately capture both amplitude and phase information across diverse source and station configurations. The model first generates amplitude spectra conditioned on input attributes and subsequently refines wavefields through iterative phase optimization. We validate our approach using data from the Geysers geothermal field, demonstrating the generation of wavefields with spatial continuity and fidelity in both spectral amplitude and phase. These synthesized wavefields hold promise for advancing structural imaging and source characterization in seismology.
Authors
- Renhai Pu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-6641)
- Michael W. Mahoney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7920-4652)
- Rie Nakata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9188-9030)
- Nori Nakata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9295-9416)
- Xinming Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4910-8253)
- Zhenyu Bi
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- International Computer Science Institute (US)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2025.3591881
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.60