NAME

     pickusp - pick reflections (same as pick)


SYNOPSIS

     pickusp [ -Nntap ] [ -Eetap ] [ [ -Ccrdin ] [-mnlag  MINLAG]
     [-mxlag  MAXLAG]  [-ws IFWS] [-we WEND] [-fld FOLD] [-sw LW]
     [-smn ISWMIN] [-smx ISWMAX] [-rgn MINRNG] [-rgx  MAXRNG]  [-
     rs, -re IFRI, ILRI] [-st ILWS] [-pc IPRCNT] [-ni NUMITR] ]


DESCRIPTION

     pickusp calculates the reflection time  differences  between
     traces  within  a  common depth point (CDP) gather.  pickusp
     produces an SIS format 5 event file suitable  for  input  to
     scor(1).  Input to pickusp must be an SIS format 3 file con-
     taining records which have been CDP sorted and corrected for
     normal  move-out.   It  is  strongly  recommended  that  de-
     phasing, wavelet  shaping  (high-resolution  deconvolution),
     and/or  predictive  deconvolution be applied before input to
     pickusp.

     Optional parameter entry from the command line  is  provided
     if the 1PICK card file name is not given.

  Command line arguments
     -N ntap
          The path of an SIS format 3 file.   If  this  field  is
          missing, standard input will be read if it is connected
          to a pipe.  If the file can not be accessed,  an  error
          exit is taken.

     -E etap
          The path of the resulting event file.  If this field is
          missing,  standard output will be written if it is con-
          nected to a pipe.  If the file can not be written to or
          created, an error exit is taken.

     -C crdin
          The path of a file containing 1PICK cards (see  below).
          If  this  field is missing, it is assumed that startjob
          is being used and the command string -pick.crd will  be
          searched for.  Failure to provide one of these forms is
          an error.

  1PICK CARDS
     A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 25 1PICK cards must be  pro-
     vided  to  control  the  operation  of pickusp.  The (fixed)
     fields on these cards are described below.

     (cc  1- 5)  -  1PICK
          The literal characters 1PICK must appear as  the  first
          five  characters of each card.  Note that these charac-
          ters must be in upper case.

     (cc  7-15)  -  Large lag window
          First card only.  These entries define the minimum  and
          maximum  lags,  in ms, for cross-correlating an indivi-
          dual trace with the reference trace and will  determine
          where  the negative and positive peaks are to be found.
          Card columns 7-10 specify the minimum time in  ms,  and
          columns 12-15 the maximum.  The default minimum is -120
          ms.  The default maximum is +120 ms.

     (cc 16-20)  -  Trace window start time
          Trace window start time in ms.  If  spatial  interpola-
          tion  is requested, this entry is the window start time
          for the first record to process (cc  52-56).   If  this
          entry  does not match the window start time on the pre-
          vious card, the reference trace will be rebuilt using a
          composite of the first record (cc 52-56) of the current
          card.

     (cc 21-25)  -  Trace window end time
          Trace window end time in ms.   Applies  to  first  card
          only.   Maximum  =  [trace  length  in ms - 2 * (max of
          large lag window)].  Window times exceeding the maximum
          are  reset  to  it.   The absolute maximum trace window
          length is 3000 samples.  if (cc 21-25) is blank  or  0,
          the  default  is (window start time + 3000 samples -1 *
          sample interval).

     (cc 26-28)  -  Fold
          First card only.  Number of traces to use in the refer-
          ence trace composite.  Minimum 3, maximum 512.  If this
          field is blank or 0, the default is the fold  from  the
          line  header  of  the  input  file.   The  value can be
          greater than the actual fold, allowing the crossing  of
          record boundaries.

     (cc 30-32)  -  Smoothing window length
          First card only.  Length  of  the  coherency  smoothing
          window, in samples, to use in a weighted composite.  If
          (cc 30-32) is blank or 0, the default is  1  +  [(small
          lag max - small lag min) * 3]/(sample interval).

     (cc 33-41)  -  Small lag window
          First card only.  Minimum (cc 33-36)  and  maximum  (cc
          38-41) lags, in ms, for small lag window.  Entries used
          in  determining  where  cross-correlation   peaks   are
          expected  to fall, relative to zero lag of the correla-
          tion.  Size of  the  window  should  be  based  on  the
          expected  static,  RNMO, and the period of the dominant
          wavelet.  If (cc 33-36) is blank or 0, the  default  is
          -16  ms.   If  (cc 38-41) is blank or 0, the default is
          +16 ms.

     (cc 42-51)  -  Range limits
          The minimum (cc 42-46) and maximum (cc 47-51) range, in
          feet  or meters, of traces to use in the picking compu-
          tations.  The defaults are 0 and 99999 respectively.

     (cc 52-56)  -  First record number
          Record number of the first record to process.  For  the
          first  card,  the  default  is  the first record of the
          input file.  Otherwise the default is one greater  than
          the  record number (cc 57-61) of the previous card.  If
          this parameter exceeds the last record  number  of  the
          process value on the preceding card by more than 1, the
          reference trace for correlating is rebuilt.  If  multi-
          ple  cards  are  used, any records not accounted for in
          (cc 52-61) are given dead pick  flags  in  their  trace
          headers (i.e. input records can be skipped).

     (cc 57-61)  -  Last record number
          Record number of the last record to process.   Required
          if spatial interpolation is requested (cc 62-66).  Oth-
          erwise, the default is the last  record  on  the  input
          file.

     (cc 62-66)  -  Window start time for last record
          Optional.  Completed to request spatial  interpolation.
          Enter  window  start  time  for  record in 'last record
          number' field.  If this option is requested, interpola-
          tion (window start time in cc 16-20 held constant).

     (cc 76-76)  -  Print flag
          First card  only.   Requests  the  printing  of  times,
          weights and number of iterations by DI and GI if set to
          1.  The default is an abbreviated print.

     (cc 77-78)  -  Percent bad picks
          First card only.  The percentage of bad picks to  allow
          before  error  terminating the job.  This is percentage
          of live input traces, within record and  range  limits,
          which  could not be picked.  The default is to allow an
          entirely dead file to be output.

     (cc 79-80)  -  Number of iterations
          Maximum number of iterations to allow to align  indivi-
          dual  traces in a CDP. A maximum of 25 is allowed.  The
          default is (fold/2) + 3.

  Optional Command Line Entry
     Note that -ws,  -rgn,  -rgx,  -rs,  -re,  -st,  -ni  may  be
     repeated  as  necessary  to  take into account variations of
     these parameters along the line.  Only those that change are
     required to be filled in.

     -mnlag MINLAG
          Minimum large window lag (ms).  Default = -120

     -mxlag MAXLAG
          Maximum large window lag (ms).  Default = +120

     -ws IFWS
          Window start time (ms) on  first  record.   Default  is
          first trace sample.

     -we WEND
          Window end time (ms) on first record.  Default is  last
          trace  sample.   ws-we define the window length for the
          job.

     -fld FOLD
          Fold.  Default is line header entry.

     -sw LW
          Length (ms) of smoothing window.  Default is length  of
          small lag window.

     -smn ISWMIN
          Minimum lag (ms) of small lag window.  Default = -16

     -smx ISWMAX
          Maximum lag (ms) of small lag window.  Default = +16

     -rgn MINRNG
          Minimum range limit (ft,m).  Default  is  far  negative
          distance.

     -rgx MAXRNG
          Maximum range limit (ft,m).  Default  is  far  positive
          distance.

     -rs, -re IFRI, ILRI
          Start and end records to pick.  Default  is  first  and
          last records of data set.

     -st ILWS
          Start window time (ms) at last record (-re[]).   Window
          length  remains  the same.  Default is the window start
          time on the first record (-rs).

     -pc IPRCNT
          % bad picks to tolerate.  Default = 100%

     -ni NUMITR
          Number iterations.  Default = folld



SEE ALSO

     scorusp(1), startjob(1), Amoco  Seismic  Information  System
     User Manual


BUGS

     The UNIX implementation of pickusp does not support the  use
     of  reference  traces input from a separate file.  A command
     line option letter and its corresponding argument may not be
     separated by whitespace.


COPYRIGHT

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               All Rights Reserved
          an affiliate of BP America Inc.







































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