A novel approach to estimating near‐surface S‐wave velocity and converted‐wave receiver statics

We present a workflow for estimating near‐surface S‐wave velocity and deriving long‐ and short‐wavelength receiver statics for converted‐wave (PS) data. The estimated S‐wave velocity can also be used for depth migration of converted‐wave data. The novelty of our method lies in detecting refracted S‐wave arrivals present in the data, and using a depth‐dependent weighting function to combine the S‐wave velocities inverted from Scholte‐wave and turning‐ray tomography, respectively. We note considerable improvement in the quality of time‐migrated converted‐wave data after applying the receiver statics solution that was derived using our method.