Application of the empirical mode decomposition to field tiltmeter data for hydraulic fracture mapping

Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-424

  Chen, Zuorong ^a   Jeffrey, Robert G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical mode decomposition; hydraulic fracture; tiltmeter monitoring and mapping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUE; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; DATA-DRIVEN; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; FAST OSCILLATIONS; FREQUENCY-MODULATED OSCILLATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INTRINSIC MODE FUNCTIONS; INTRINSIC MODES; NONSTATIONARY PROCESS; ORIGINAL SIGNAL; OSCILLATORY MODE; PERFECT RECONSTRUCTION; TILT DATA; TILTMETER MONITORING AND MAPPING; TIME-SCALES;

FRACTURE; FREQUENCY BANDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; TIME SERIES;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 80052091862     PISSN: 17935369     EISSN: 17937175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793536909000175     Document Type: Article

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