NAME

     gam2vel - convert horizon picks to updated velocity field


SYNOPSIS

     gam2vel [ -Ninput ] [ -Ooutput ] [ -nsns ] [ -nene ] [ -rsrs
     ]  [ -rere ] [ -P1stkpick ] [ -P2smbpick ] [ -dgammadgamma ]
     [ -ngammangamma ] [ -jwinjwin ] [ -vminvmin ] [ -vmaxvmax  ]
     [  -ppow  ] [ -agradagrad ] [ -ks ] [ -ke ] [ -dk9k ] [ -ior-
     diord ] [ -V ] [ -? ] [ -h ]


DESCRIPTION

     gam2vel  reads  an  mbs-compatible  depth-interval  velocity
     field,  a  set of horizon picks in xsd-format, horizon-based
     semblance picks in xsd-format, and some parameters  to  con-
     trol the velocity inversion.  It outputs an updated velocity
     field.

     gam2vel gets the input and output file names  and  inversion
     parameters from the command line.

  Command line arguments
     -Nntap
          Enter the name of  the  mbs-compatible  velocity  field
          after  typing  -N.   This  file is usually created in a
          velocity  model-building  program  like   either   xsd,
          xvedit,  or  velin.  This input file should include the
          complete path name if the file resides in  a  different
          directory.  Example -N/b/vsp/dummy tells the program to
          look for file 'dummy' in directory 'vsp' stored on  the
          'b' disk.

     -Ootap
          Enter the updated output velocity file name immediately
          after  typing  -O.   The output semblance file requires
          the full path name (see above).

     -rsrs
          Enter the starting record number after typing -rs.

     -rere
          Enter the ending record number after typing -re.

     -nsns
          Enter the starting trace after typing -ns.

     -nene
          Enter the ending trace after typing -ne.

     -P1stkpick
          Enter the first input xsd pick  file  name  immediately
          after  typing  -P1.  This file should have been created
          by program xsdintrp on an xsd segment file.  To  create
          the  xsd  segment  file,  you  should  plot  the depth-
          migrated stack with program xsd, and pick the key  hor-
          izons  on  the  stack.  If you have an xsd segment file
          from a time-section, you can  convert  the  picks  from
          time to depth with program xsdt2d.

     -P2sempick
          Enter the second input xsd pick file name after  typing
          -P2.   This  file  should  have been created by program
          xsdintrp on an xsd segment file.   To  create  the  xsd
          segment  file, you should plot the records from program
          horgam with program xsd,  and  pick  the  maximum  sem-
          blances along each key horizon.

     -dgammadgamma
          Enter the increment between  gammas.   The  default  is
          0.20.   If  you  have 30 gammas, then the default gamma
          scans will be +/- 30 percent because  15  (30/2)  times
          .020  is  .3.  The gamma value is a ratio of new to old
          slownesses.  If gamma is  smaller  than  one,  the  new
          slowness will be less than the old slowness; therefore;
          the velocities are implied to be faster.

     -ngammangamma
          Enter the number of gamma scans.  The  default  is  the
          number of traces per input record.

     -ppow
          Enter  the  exponent  to  use  in  Dix  inversion.   An
          exponent of 1 implies average velocity.  An exponent of
          2 implies rms velocity.  Only values between  1  and  2
          are acceptable.  The default is 2.

     -vminvmin
          Enter the minimum interval velocity.  If the dix inver-
          sion  yields  either a velocity less than this value or
          an imaginary velocity, then the  interval  velocity  is
          set to this minimum value.

     -vmaxvmax
          Enter the maximum interval velocity.  If the dix inver-
          sion  yields  an  interval  velocity  greater than this
          value, then the interval velocity is set to this value.

     -jwinjwin
          Enter the number of samples after  typing  -jwin.  This
          value  represents  the  number  of  samples  in the dix
          smoothing window.  Each output interval  velocity  will
          be  the  average interval velocity to the current depth
          step, n, from the jwin previous depth steps (n-1,  n-2,
          ..., n-jwin).  This parameter works the same way as the
          smoothing parameter in program xvadr.

     -agradagrad
          Program gam2vel performs a dix inversion  and  then  it
          tries  to find a single vertical gradient for each hor-
          izon and a linear v(0).  You can blend the two  results
          with  this  parameter.   Enter  1  to use all gradient.
          Enter 0 to us all dix.  Any value between 0  and  1  is
          valid.

     -ksks
          Enter starting gradient to test.  Program gam2vel finds
          the  k  which produces the lowest standard deviation in
          v(0) for a horizon.  Once the  best  k  is  determined,
          program  gam2vel  fits a least-square line to the v(0).
          Default is -.5.

     -keke
          Enter the ending gradient to test.  See explanation for
          the  ks  parameter.  The parameter k=dv/dz.  Default is
          1.5.

     -dkdk
          Enter the gradient  increment.   Program  gam2vel  will
          test all gradients from ks to ke at an increment of dk.
          The default is .1.

     -iordiord
          Enter the order for the polynomial fit.  The default is
          0 (No fit).

     -V   Enter the command line argument '-V' to get  additional
          printout.

     -?   Enter this (or '-?' if you are running in  c-shell)  to
          get  online  help.   The  program  will terminate after
          printing this.

     -h   Enter this option to get online help.  The program will
          terminate after printing this.


SEE ALSO

     xsdd2t, xsdt2d, xsdintrp, horgam, xsd2xtpick, appgam,  norm,
     envelop


BUGS

     Unknown


AUTHOR

     Gary Murphy


COPYRIGHT

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               All Rights Reserved

          an affiliate of BP America Inc.




















































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