TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heimann, Sebastian
A1  - Vasyura-Bathke, Hannes
A1  - Sudhaus, Henriette
A1  - Isken, Marius Paul
A1  - Kriegerowski, Marius
A1  - Steinberg, Andreas
A1  - Dahm, Torsten
T1  - A Python framework for efficient use of pre-computed Green's functions in seismological and other physical forward and inverse source problems
JF  - Solid earth
N2  - The computation of such synthetic GFs is computationally and operationally demanding. As a consequence, the onthe-fly recalculation of synthetic GFs in each iteration of an optimisation is time-consuming and impractical. Therefore, the pre-calculation and efficient storage of synthetic GFs on a dense grid of source to receiver combinations enables the efficient lookup and utilisation of GFs in time-critical scenarios. We present a Python-based framework and toolkit - Pyrocko-GF - that enables the pre-calculation of synthetic GF stores, which are independent of their numerical calculation method and GF transfer function. The framework aids in the creation of such GF stores by interfacing a suite of established numerical forward modelling codes in seismology (computational back ends). So far, interfaces to back ends for layered Earth model cases have been provided; however, the architecture of Pyrocko-GF is designed to cover back ends for other geometries (e.g. full 3-D heterogeneous media) and other physical quantities (e.g. gravity, pressure, tilt). Therefore, Pyrocko-GF defines an extensible GF storage format suitable for a wide range of GF types, especially handling elasticity and wave propagation problems. The framework assists with visualisations, quality control, and the exchange of GF stores, which is supported through an online platform that provides many pre-calculated GF stores for local, regional, and global studies. The Pyrocko-GF toolkit comes with a well-documented application programming interface (API) for the Python programming language to efficiently facilitate forward modelling of geophysical processes, e.g. synthetic waveforms or static displacements for a wide range of source models.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1921-2019
SN  - 1869-9510
SN  - 1869-9529
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
SP  - 1921
EP  - 1935
PB  - Copernicus
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -