G. Gacitúa, J. Uribe, M. Tamstorf, S. Kristiansen
{"title":"Mapping of permafrost surface and active layer properties using GPR: A comparison of frequency dependencies","authors":"G. Gacitúa, J. Uribe, M. Tamstorf, S. Kristiansen","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963837","url":null,"abstract":"Ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to detect internal features and conditions in the active layer of Zackenberg valley in North-East Greenland. For about 16 years there has been a monitoring programme that registers the physical and biological processes in the ecosystem. We aim to improve the monitoring accuracy of the active layer development and estimated soil water content. We used two different GPR frequencies to study their performance in High-Arctic cryoturbated soils. Here we present the analysis of the signal received by quantifying the power of the signal that is reflected from the top of the permafrost and from the internal features in the unfrozen soil. These results will be further used to determine the distribution of dielectric heterogeneities to support water content estimated from the same profiles. Comparing results from 400 and 800 MHz, we found that although both frequencies are suitable to measure thickness and to detect features in the active layer, the 400 MHz gives a better impression of the influence of the dielectric contrast effect from top of the permafrost zone which can be used to quantify the soil water content.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128069911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-lapse monitoring of DNAPL in a controlled cell","authors":"L. Orlando, B. Renzi","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963877","url":null,"abstract":"We used multi component GPR data to perform time lapse measurements in a controlled experiment simulating DNAPL release. The DNAPL is well detected with parallel broadside y- and x- directed antenna and a perpendicular antennas y-directed source and an x-directed receiver, whereas the component acquired with perpendicular antenna x-directed source and y-directed receiver orientation is less effective. After 174 hours of the contamination injection and water flow activation, data still show pull up of reflections in correspondence of DNAPL injection.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126740267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Landmine detection using boosting classifiers with adaptive feature selection","authors":"Yun-fei Shi, Qian Song, T. Jin, Zhimin Zhou","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963887","url":null,"abstract":"In order to solve the problem of landmine detection in Forward-Looking Ground Penetrating Virtual Aperture Radar (FLGPVAR), the AdaBoost classification with adaptive feature selection (AFS-AdaBoost) is proposed. The feature selection is added into the traditional AdaBoost, which can reduce the training error of weak classifiers and improve the generalization capability of a strong classifier. The feature selection is based on a wrapper model, whose cost function is the performance of the classifier. Considering landmine detection one-class classification problem, the false alarm rate with constant probability of detection is chosen to be the cost function, which ensures the detection performance of strong a classifier. Processing of a real dataset show that AFS-AdaBoost is applicable to the landmine detection in FLGPVAR. Compared with traditional AdaBoost, the detection performance and generalization capability of AFS-AdaBoost are significantly improved.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123752487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptative Stolt migration via contrast maximization for GPR applications","authors":"M. González-Huici","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963855","url":null,"abstract":"The Stolt migration, also referred as frequency-wavenumber migration, is a Fourier transform based processing technique to focus GPR scattering objects back into their true physical shape and position. This procedure requires a priori knowledge of the velocity distribution of the subsurface (i.e. the soil dielectric permittity) and this information is usually not available and needs to be retrieved from surface measurements with for example a TDR probe. In this paper we propose a simple but efficient way of iteratively estimating the background permittivity based on the maximization of the energy contrast when migrating a GPR image.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130974742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Airborne ground penetrating radar imaging of buried targets: A tomographic approach","authors":"I. Catapano, L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963886","url":null,"abstract":"In several applications, the demand for devices capable to reliably investigate the subsurface features of wide areas engenders an increasing interest in the development of airborne ground penetrating radar systems and of the relevant imaging strategies. With respect to this framework, in this communication we describe a tomographic inversion strategy to tackle the imaging problem in an airborne multimonostatic measurement configuration and give a preliminary assessment of the achievable reconstruction capabilities against synthetic data.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133649827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Klotzsche, J. van der Kruk, H. Vereecken, G. Meles, J. Doetsch, H. Maurer, S. Greenhalgh, A. Green, N. Linde
{"title":"High resolution imaging of the unsaturated and saturated zones of a gravel aquifer using full-waveform inversion","authors":"A. Klotzsche, J. van der Kruk, H. Vereecken, G. Meles, J. Doetsch, H. Maurer, S. Greenhalgh, A. Green, N. Linde","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963911","url":null,"abstract":"Full-waveform inversion can significantly improve imaging results of cross-hole GPR data compared to conventional ray-based inversion schemes. Recently, a 2D full-waveform finite difference time domain (FDTD) approach was used to invert cross-hole GPR data measured in the saturated zone of a gravel aquifer. Due to water table refractions and reflections, the upper part of the aquifer was not reliably imaged. Here, we reconstruct the upper part of the aquifer by imaging both the saturated and unsaturated zones. Estimating one effective wavelet, as was done for the saturated zone inversion alone, is insufficient because the effective wavelet strongly depends on the location of both the transmitter and receiver antennas. Therefore, four different source wavelets were estimated for the different combinations of antennas placement in the two zones, and the full-waveform inversion algorithm adapted accordingly. This resulted in improved images of the aquifer. In general, the observed and the synthetic traces show a good correspondence in both shape and amplitude. For the transmitters in the unsaturated domain, the amplitude fit was not optimum and can probably be improved by adjusting the conductivity starting model.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122114362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maxwell curl equation datuming for GPR test of tunnel grouting based on Kirchhoff integral solution","authors":"Yonghui Zhao, Jun Chen, S. Ge","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963853","url":null,"abstract":"In two-dimensional (2D) ground penetrating radar (GPR) data, the reflection from the detection targets in depth are severely obscured by the strong scattering generated from near-surface non-target structures. For using GPR as a geotechnical non-destructive testing device, how to eliminate the strong scattering caused by near-surface rebars in the tunnel liner to image and assess the grouting condition behind tunnel liner is still an unsolved problem. This study proposed a method for the reconstruction of deep GPR images, termed the Maxwell curl equation datuming. To eliminate the deleterious effect caused by near-surface diffractive scattering, we have redefined the reference surface to an actual geologic interface by using Maxwell curl equation datuming methodology based on Kirchhoff integral solution. Maxwell curl equation datuming procedure can redefine the reference surface into deeper horizon on which the GPR transmitters and receivers appear to be located. Case studies were presented for synthetic examples and real GPR data for assessments of tunnel grouting. The results show that the datuming technique based on Maxwell curl equation, is able to eliminate the strong scattering related to near-surface rebars in tunnel liners, and improve the quality of deeper images beneath the tunnel liners. The Maxwell curl equation datuming is also applicable to other GPR testing situations that depend on the elimination of scattering effects caused by near-surface structures.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130120522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Frequency dependent attenuation of GPR data as a tool for material property characterization: A review and new developments","authors":"J. Bradford","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963870","url":null,"abstract":"Variations in the spectrum of a ground-penetrating radar signal record characteristics of the material through which the signal has propagated. One measure of this rich source of information is frequency dependent attenuation. These data can help measure variations in clay fraction, the total volumetric water content, or identify the location of groundwater contaminants.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130469304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vertical soil moisture dynamics in the vadose zone: A high-resolution GPR reflection study","authors":"C. Steelman, A. Endres","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963900","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a multi-year field study in which high-frequency 900 MHz reflection traveltime measurements were used to monitor vertical soil moisture distribution in the upper 3.0 m of vadose zone. GPR reflection profiles and common-midpoint (CMP) soundings were collected over the complete annual cycle of soil conditions characterized by numerous wetting, drying and freezing cycles typical of mid-latitude climates. The presence of four distinct stratigraphic reflection events at well-defined depths permitted quantitative assessment of seasonal moisture processes and their temporal dynamics during the study period. The incorporation of direct ground wave measurements from coincidently collected CMP soundings yielded improved resolution at the air-soil interface which facilitated characterization of the hydraulic coupling between shallow and deeper moisture conditions.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126334819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electromagnetic soil properties and performance of GPR for landmine detection: How to measure, how to analyse and how to classify?","authors":"J. Igel, Kazunori Takahashi, H. Preetz","doi":"10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963880","url":null,"abstract":"Soil influence on the performance of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for landmine detection is investigated. Electric resistivity tomography (ERT), time-domain reflectometry (TDR) and GPR are used to measure the electric and dielectric properties of a variety of soils in the field. The results are used to generate soil models that are the basis for the simulations of realistic GPR data. Spatial soil variability shows to be high and causes a significant impact. Permittivity fluctuations show to have a larger influence than fluctuations of conductivity. The soils of a test facility are investigated with geophysical techniques and are classified according to the expected impact on landmine detection. The classification is congruent to the results of a dual-sensor test that was carried out on the facility. Geophysical measurements on soils and geostatistical data analysis can be used to predict the performance of GPR.","PeriodicalId":130006,"journal":{"name":"2011 6th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)","volume":"212 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117298981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}