A combinatorial filtering method for magnetotelluric time-series based on Hilbert–Huang transform
Jianhua Cai
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Institute of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, Hunan, 415000, China.
Email: cjh1021cjh@163.com
Exploration Geophysics 45(2) 63-73 https://doi.org/10.1071/EG13012
Submitted: 30 January 2013 Accepted: 28 October 2013 Published: 28 November 2013
Abstract
Magnetotelluric (MT) time-series are often contaminated with noise from natural or man-made processes. A substantial improvement is possible when the time-series are presented as clean as possible for further processing. A combinatorial method is described for filtering of MT time-series based on the Hilbert–Huang transform that requires a minimum of human intervention and leaves good data sections unchanged. Good data sections are preserved because after empirical mode decomposition the data are analysed through hierarchies, morphological filtering, adaptive threshold and multi-point smoothing, allowing separation of noise from signals. The combinatorial method can be carried out without any assumption about the data distribution. Simulated data and the real measured MT time-series from three different regions, with noise caused by baseline drift, high frequency noise and power-line contribution, are processed to demonstrate the application of the proposed method. Results highlight the ability of the combinatorial method to pick out useful signals, and the noise is suppressed greatly so that their deleterious influence is eliminated for the MT transfer function estimation.
Key words: adaptive threshold, Hilbert–Huang transform, magnetotellurics, morphological filtering, time-series.
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