Estimation of Temperature and Salinity from Marine Seismic Data—A Two-Step Approach
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Abstract
Ocean-water temperature and salinity are two vital properties that are required for weather-, climate-, and marine biology-related research. These properties are usually measured using disposable instruments at sparse locations, typically from tens to hundreds of kilometers apart. Laterally interpolating these sparse measurements provides smooth temperature and salinity distributions within the oceans, although they may not be very accurate. Marine seismic data, on the other hand, show visible reflections within the water-column which are primarily controlled by subtle sound-speed variations. Because these variations are functions of the temperature, salinity, and pressure, estimating sound-speed from marine seismic data and relating them to temperature and salinity have been attempted in the past. These seismically derived properties are of much higher lateral resolution (less than 25 m) than the sparse measurements and can be potentially used for climate and marine biology research. Estimating sound-speeds from seismic data, however, requires running iterative seismic inversions, which need a good initial model. Currently practiced ways to generate this initial model are computationally challenging, labor-intensive, and subject to human error and bias. In this research, we outline an automated method to generate the initial model which is neither computational and labor-intensive nor prone to human errors and biases. We also use a two-step process of, first, estimating the sound-speed from seismic inversion data and then estimating the salinity and temperature. Furthermore, by applying this method to real seismic data, we demonstrate the feasibility of our approach and discuss how the use of machine learning can further improve the computational efficiency of the method and make an impact on the future of climate modeling, weather prediction, and marine biology research.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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