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Toward Creating Subsurface Camera
In this article, the framework and architecture of Subsurface Camera (SAMERA)
is envisioned and described for the first time. A SAMERA is a geophysical
sensor network that senses and processes geophysical sensor signals, and
computes a 3D subsurface image in-situ in real-time. The basic mechanism is:
geophysical waves propagating/reflected/refracted through subsurface enter a
network of geophysical sensors, where a 2D or 3D image is computed and
recorded; a control software may be connected to this network to allow view of
the 2D/3D image and adjustment of settings such as resolution, filter,
regularization and other algorithm parameters. System prototypes based on
seismic imaging have been designed. SAMERA technology is envisioned as a game
changer to transform many subsurface survey and monitoring applications,
including oil/gas exploration and production, subsurface infrastructures and
homeland security, wastewater and CO2 sequestration, earthquake and volcano
hazard monitoring. The system prototypes for seismic imaging have been built.
Creating SAMERA requires an interdisciplinary collaboration and transformation
of sensor networks, signal processing, distributed computing, and geophysical
imaging.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure