Source-generated noise, such as air, refracted, guided waves, near-surface multiples, and radial ground roll, is one of the most challenging problems in the land seismic method. The interference of the noise with reflection events often results in a distorted representation of the subsurface and gives rise to interpretation uncertainties. To suppress the noise, geophysicists have devised various techniques in both acquisition and processing stages. Conventional processing methods, such as high-pass, f - k and hyperbolic velocity filters, however, have certain disadvantages when handling actual seismic data. In this study, we present a new hybrid method combining singular value decomposition (SVD) with a special linear transformation of the common-shot gather. The method is aimed at effectively removing the noise while minimizing harm to the signal. As compared with other methods, the SVD-based one gives a denser approximation to source-generated noise before its subtraction from the seismic data, due to the use of more appropriate basis functions. The special transformation applied in advance to the data is intended to align the source-generated noise events horizontally and thus to benefit the subsequent SVD. The effectiveness of the method in suppressing source-generated noise is demonstrated with a synthetic data set. Emphasis is put on the comparison of the performance of the method with that of conventional f - k filtering. Source-generated noise, such as air, refracted, guided waves, near-surface multiples, and radial ground roll, is one of the most challenging problems in the land seismic method. The interference of the noise with reflection events often results in a distorted representation of the subsurface and gives rise to interpretation uncertainties. To suppress the noise, geophysicists have devised various techniques in both acquisition and processing stages. Conventional processing methods, such as high-pass, f - k and hyperbolic velocity filters, however, have certain disadvantages when handling actual seismic data. In this study, we present a new hybrid method combining singular value decomposition (SVD) with a special linear transformation of the common-shot gather. The method is aimed at actually removing the noise while minimizing harm to the signal. As compared with other methods, the SVD-based one gives a denser approximation to source-generated noise before its subtraction from the se ismic data, due to the use of more appropriate basis functions. The specialization applied in advance to the data is intended to align the source-generated noise events horizontally and thus to benefit the subsequent SVD. The effectiveness of the method in suppressing source- generated noise is demonstrated with a synthetic data set. Emphasis is put on the comparison of the performance of the method with that of conventional f - k filtering.