Ao Cai

Ao Cai

Computational Geophysicist | PhD @ Rice University

Publications

Early arrival waveform inversion using data uncertainties and matching filters with application to near-surface seismic refraction data

Published in Geophysics, 2022

A Full-waveform inversion method for near-surface velocity estimation with read data application

Recommended citation: Cai, Ao, and Colin A. Zelt. "Early arrival waveform inversion using data uncertainties and matching filters with application to near-surface seismic refraction data." Geophysics 87.6 (2022): R465-R486. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/geophysics/article-abstract/87/6/R465/618675/Early-arrival-waveform-inversion-using-data

Sensitivity analysis of acoustic waveform inversion to velocity anomalies in the near-surface using the Fréchet derivative

Published in IMAGE conference paper, 2022

A sensitivity analysis of acoustic waveform inversion using the Fréchet derivative

Recommended citation: Cai, Ao, and Colin A. Zelt. "Sensitivity analysis of acoustic waveform inversion to velocity anomalies in the near-surface using the Fréchet derivative." Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2022. https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/image2022-3750607.1

Semi‐supervised Surface Wave Tomography with Wasserstein Cycle‐consistent GAN: Method and Application to Southern California Plate Boundary Region

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2022

This paper presents an advanced semi-supervised deep-learning-based surface tomography method with real data applications

Recommended citation: Cai, A., Qiu, H., & Niu, F. (2022). Semisupervised surface wave tomography with Wasserstein cycle-consistent GAN: Method and application to Southern California plate boundary region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023598. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023598 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2021JB023598

Wasserstein cycle-consistent generative adversarial network for improved seismic impedance inversion: Example on 3D SEAM model

Published in SEG conference paper, 2020

A novel method for data-driven seismic impedance inversion method using Cycle-GAN

Recommended citation: Cai, Ao, et al. "Wasserstein cycle-consistent generative adversarial network for improved seismic impedance inversion: Example on 3D SEAM model." SEG technical program expanded abstracts 2020. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2020. 1274-1278. https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/segam2020-3425785.1

Data weighted full-waveform inversion with adaptive moment estimation for near-surface seismic refraction data

Published in SEG conference paper, 2019

A novel method for seismic full-waveform inversion using data uncerstainties and Adam Optimizer

Recommended citation: Cai, Ao, and Colin A. Zelt. "Data weighted full-waveform inversion with adaptive moment estimation for near-surface seismic refraction data." SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting. SEG, 2019. https://onepetro.org/SEGAM/proceedings-abstract/SEG19/3-SEG19/105305