{"title":"Electromagnetic Marchenko imaging in 1D","authors":"Lele Zhang, E. Slob","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572703","url":null,"abstract":"We present a one-dimensional scheme to compute an image of a dissipative medium from two single-sided reflection responses without using any model information. One reflection response is measured at or above the top reflector of a dissipative medium and the other is computed as if measured at or above a medium with negative dissipation. The reflection response of a medium with negative dissipation can be computed from measured double-sided reflection and transmission data from a dissipative medium. These two reflection responses together can be used to construct two focusing wavefields. One focuses at the chosen location in the subsurface of the dissipative medium and the other inside the medium with negative dissipation. From the focusing functions and reflection responses the Green's functions for a virtual receiver can be computed. The Green's function are used to construct the image. We show with a numerical example that the method works well for a synthesised layered sample in a waveguide that could be used for measurements in a laboratory.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117129065","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":"Imaging LNAPLs contaminated soils by polarimetrie migration","authors":"B. Shi, Q. Lu, Xuan Feng, Cai Liu, Yue Yu","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572672","url":null,"abstract":"Polarization is a property of electromagnetic waves, and polarimetric GPR can obtain the co-polarization and cross-polarization information coinstantaneously. In this paper, we use a polarimetric migration imaging method to research LNAPLs contamination in soil. The polarimetric migration algorithm is a merging of the Pauli polarimetric decomposition technique with the Kirchhoff migration equation, and then extraction of three migrated coefficients. Then we can get a subsurface reconstructed image by fusing the three migrated coefficients. We use diesel to simulate LNAPLs in a contaminated soils environment. We obtain the depth of the LNAPLs contamination and locate the LNAPLs' relative position in the sandbox by polarimetric migration.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125709783","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":"Three-dimensional reverse-time migration applied to a MIMO GPR system for subsurface imaging","authors":"H. Liu, Y. X. Zhang, Z. Long, F. Han, Q. H. Liu","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572682","url":null,"abstract":"Compared with a conventional single-channel GPR system, a GPR system with a multi-input and multioutput (MIMO) antenna array is not only more efficient in 3D data acquisition, but also allows the collection of a multi-offset dataset, thereby providing additional information for more effective subsurface imaging. We develop a three-dimensional (3-D) reverse time migration (RTM) algorithm for processing MIMO GPR data. The finite-difference time-domain method with a convolutional perfect matching layer boundary is used to simulate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in subsurface dissipative media. The range and lateral resolution of a MIMO GPR system, which works at a stationary mode, is analyzed by numerical experiments. Furthermore, results of laboratory experiments would be presented in the extended abstract.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132704219","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 Marchenko equations for a dissipative heterogeneous medium","authors":"E. Slob, Lele Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572702","url":null,"abstract":"We present a three-dimensional scheme that can be used to compute a vertical radar profile from reflection and transmission data measured at two parallel surfaces of a dissipative medium. From this double-sided data set the reflection response of a fictitious medium with negative dissipation can be computed. The measured reflection response and the computed reflection response in the medium with negative dissipative can be used to construct two focusing wavefields. One focuses at the chosen location in the subsurface of the actual dissipative medium and the other one focuses inside the medium with negative dissipation at the same location. This location is then the virtual receiver location for the vertical radar profile Green's function. Because the up- and downgoing parts of the Green's function are retrieved separately, these are very useful for imaging and inversion. We show with a numerical example that the method works well in a one-dimensional configuration.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134569929","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}
B. Guan, A. Ihamouten, D. Guilbert, Frédéric Bosc, Xavier Dérobert, G. Villain, S. Lambot
{"title":"Modeling of stepped-frequency radar wave propagation through partially wet limestone","authors":"B. Guan, A. Ihamouten, D. Guilbert, Frédéric Bosc, Xavier Dérobert, G. Villain, S. Lambot","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572691","url":null,"abstract":"Limestone is a widely used building material. Its degradation process is strongly linked to the water content, to which the radar waves are sensitive. In this paper, a model of stepped-frequency radar (SFR) wave propagation through partially wet limestone is proposed, in order to study the water transfer front in limestone. We assume the limestone as a two-layer (dry/wet) lossy medium and use an analytical model which combines Lambot's closed-form antenna model with zero-offset single-point Green's function and Jonscher's medium property model to describe the SFR wave propagation. It takes into account the frequency-dependence of dielectric properties using a frequency power law. We validate this model using a numerical verification platform based on HFSS, which is a commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures. The frequency dependent complex permittivities coming from coaxial transmission line experiments are converted to the input of our analytical model and that of HFSS. The comparison on return loss S11 shows that the correspondence is very good, thus demonstrating the performance of this proposed model, which takes into account the effect of material dispersion.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127539779","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}
B. Dafflon, E. Léger, F. Soom, C. Ulrich, J. Peterson, S. Hubbard
{"title":"Quantification of Arctic soil and permafrost properties using ground penetrating radar","authors":"B. Dafflon, E. Léger, F. Soom, C. Ulrich, J. Peterson, S. Hubbard","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572663","url":null,"abstract":"Improving understanding of Arctic ecosystem functioning and parameterization of models that simulate freeze-thaw dynamics require advances in quantifying soil and snow properties. Due to the significant spatiotemporal variability of soil properties and the limited information provided by point-scale measurements (e.g., cores), geophysical methods hold potential for improving soil and permafrost characterization. In this study, we evaluate the use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to estimate thaw layer thickness, snow depth and ice-wedge characteristics in polygonal-shaped tundra in Barrow, AK. To this end, we analyze GPR and point-scale measurements collected along several parallel transects at the end of the growing season and the end of winter. A synthetic study is also performed to understand the GPR signal response to ice-wedge characteristics. Results show that GPR data collected during the growing season provide reliable estimates of thaw depth although strong spatial heterogeneity in soil properties can impair the estimates. While previous studies have documented the value of GPR for providing thaw depth estimates during the growing season, results from this study suggest that GPR methods are also useful for estimating active layer thickness during the frozen season, snow thickness and geometry of permafrost features, such as ice-wedges.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122899304","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":"An apparatus for collecting upward-looking GPR surveys in potash mines","authors":"C. Funk, R. Brehm, A. Errington, K. Backstrom","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572684","url":null,"abstract":"GPR has been used routinely in Saskatchewan, Canada, potash mines for nearly forty years. In general, the purpose of GPR surveys in potash mines is to map the salt-bed stratigraphy above and below the mined-out rooms. The stratigraphy in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan area mines consists of a series of salt and potash beds separated by well-known and regionally distributed planar clay seams. The salt-beds have very low electrical conductivity, which makes GPR highly effective for imaging the clay seams. Collecting downward-looking GPR data in potash mines is straightforward, as the mine personnel can use standard off-the-shelf GPR equipment (push carts for example). Successful and safe collection of upward-looking GPR data is considerably more challenging. The terrain is uneven, there are numerous obstacles, and room heights are quite variable. Typical Saskatchewan potash mines are very large, with 100s of kilometers of operational mine rooms, so a solution which permits seamless collection of upward-looking GPR data was needed. This paper presents the evolution of various apparatus used for collecting upward-looking GPR data in potash mines. The work eventually led to the development of a Kubota RTV mounted light-weight floating lift. This apparatus is known as a GPR-RTV, and it successfully overcame the many challenges to routine upward-looking GPR data collection in potash mines. Some data examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the GPR-RTV. Finally, although this discussion focuses on applications in potash mines, it is envisioned that the GPR-RTV could be used safely in a variety of conventional mining and tunneling environments.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121568038","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":"A nanosecond pulse generator based on avalanche transistor","authors":"K. Zhou, C. Huang, M. Lu","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572649","url":null,"abstract":"Ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse generators based on an avalanche transistor are widely used in time domain ground penetrating radar(GPR). For shallow subsurface detection, it is essential to increase the pulse amplitude while maintaining the pulse width in order to improve the spatial resolution of GPR. Eliminating pulse trailing is also necessary to improve GPR performance. In this paper, a simple nanosecond generator was designed based on an avalanche transistor. The generator consists of a trigger circuit and a two-stage MARX circuit. The trigger signal is produced by the avalanche transistor in the trigger circuit. Resistors between the base and emitter of the transistor (Rbe) in the MARX circuit are optimized to improve the performance of the output pulse. The output characteristics of the generator are studied for different Rbe and charging capacitor. The results prove that optimizing resistors and charging capacitors decreases the width of the pulse and eliminates the pulse trail. A pulse with width of 900 ps and an amplitude of 25.2V was achieved. The RMS time jitter value of the pulse generator was found to be less than 400 ps.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133570378","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}
M. Fedorov, L. Fedorova, D. Savvin, A. M. Kulizhnikov
{"title":"The study of the ice crossings on the rivers by the ground-penetrating radar","authors":"M. Fedorov, L. Fedorova, D. Savvin, A. M. Kulizhnikov","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572625","url":null,"abstract":"An ice road will be organized across bodies of water in winter to enable the movement of vehicles and people, thus creating the proper living and operating conditions for the local population and industry. Possible loads and measures necessary to ensure the rigidness of the ice must be considered when setting up such crossings. This article produces the results of research on the ice crossings using GPR. The data was obtained by “OKO-2” with AB-400 (AB-400R), AB-1200, and AB-1700 (AB-1700R) antenna units (OOO “LogiS”, Russia). The final measurements of the river ice were produced by the drilling method. Much time was spent on the adjustment of the research techniques, the efficient assessment of GPR-works by different antenna units, determination of permittivity and the ice structure, and the ice thickness variation along the ice crossings. Surveying of the Lena River by GPR shows that the ice thickness varies from 103 cm to 260 cm. The average ice thickness is 164.5 cm (Yakutsk - Nizhny Bestyakh ice crossing) and 185 cm (Khatassy - Pavlovsk ice crossing) with the coefficients of variation 11.8% and 16% correspondingly. It is established that continuous GPR-data allows the estimation of the ice structure throughout the winter road, consisting of the natural ice, layers of frozen ice, and the snow ice with heterogeneity and cracks in the frozen ice. A possibility to distinguish the layers of the ice cover on the rivers using GPR allows us to determine the estimated ice thickness and avoid errors in setting the carrying capacities of the ice crossings on the rivers.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116785580","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":"Laboratory investigations for the electromagnetic characterization of railway ballast through GPR","authors":"F. Tosti, A. Benedetto, A. Calvi, L. B. Ciampoli","doi":"10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572605","url":null,"abstract":"Ballast material typically employed in rail track bed construction has been herein physically and electromagnetically characterized. Several ground-penetrating radar (GPR) tests have been carried out in a laboratory environment, wherein a proper set-up was realized. Four GPR systems comprising five different central frequencies of investigation have been used for the measurements. The impacts brought to the values of relative dielectric permittivity by the combination of several parameters, namely, i) radar systems, ii) frequencies of investigation, iii) scenarios of ballast stones arrangement, and iv) methods of dielectric permittivity estimate, have been here analyzed. The results have proved the sensitivity of the antenna frequencies and radar systems here employed towards some critical factors.","PeriodicalId":187048,"journal":{"name":"2016 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121136200","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}