G. Picardi, D. Biccari, M. Cartacci, A. Cicchetti, S. Giuppi, A. Marini, A. Masdea, R. Noschese, F. Piccari, R. Seu, O. Bombaci, D. Calabrese, E. Zampolini, E. Pettinelli, C. Federico, A. Frigeri, P. T. Melacci, R. Orosei, L. Marinangeli, E. Flamini
{"title":"MARSIS Data Inversion Approach","authors":"G. Picardi, D. Biccari, M. Cartacci, A. Cicchetti, S. Giuppi, A. Marini, A. Masdea, R. Noschese, F. Piccari, R. Seu, O. Bombaci, D. Calabrese, E. Zampolini, E. Pettinelli, C. Federico, A. Frigeri, P. T. Melacci, R. Orosei, L. Marinangeli, E. Flamini","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386563","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we describe an inversion approach in order to analyze data from the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding) instrument on Mars Express. The inversion process allows the dielectric constant of the subsurface material to be estimated provided the dielectric constant of the surface is known. In addition, if impurity are present, it is possible to estimate the dielectric constant of any inclusions as well as the percentage amount of material in the inclusions relative to the host material provided knowledge of the host material up to the depth where the interface has been detected is available. The data inversion method is based on the analysis of the surface to subsurface power ratio and the relative time delay as measured by MARSIS. The data inversion has been performed at several frequencies in order to estimate the frequency dependent parameters affecting the behavior of the radar echoes. It is necessary that the surface and subsurface interfaces have the same roughness in order to estimate the Subsurface Fresnel reflectivity. As a preliminary approach, only flat surface have been selected. MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter) has already provided detailed data on the visible Martian surface and a simulator, with a facet model, has been utilized to use MOLA data in order to verify the correct selection of the frames that will be used for the data inversion (absence of clutter echoes).","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129029481","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":"Using GPR to Monitor Cracks in a Historical Building","authors":"L. Orlando","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386522","url":null,"abstract":"The paper treats the application of GPR to detect and monitor cracks induced on a historical building by a landslide. The data were acquired on a floor inside the building with profiles 10 cm apart recorded at three different times. A 2GHz bipolar antenna was used, which allows the acquisition of multi-component data. The data were processed to produce vertical profiles and a 3D cube for each component and survey. The interpretation of the profiles is in good correlation with the structure of the floor. The profiles and time slices have detected two different kinds of anomalies, only a few of which can be due to utilities and the metallic mesh. The others were associated with cracks induced by the landslide. The time slice obtained from the last survey shows anomalies not detected before.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"411 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115602118","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":"Array-Based GPR for Shallow Subsurface Imaging","authors":"A. Yarovoy, T. Savelyev, P. Aubry, L. Ligthart","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386516","url":null,"abstract":"Recently we have reported development of an UWB array-based time-domain Ground Penetrating Radar for landmine detection. The radar is designed to be used within a vehicle-mounted multi-sensor system for humanitarian demining and produces 3D images of subsurface by ID mechanical scanning. In this paper, we demonstrate imaging capabilities of the developed system. The imaging capability of the radar is realized via electronic steering of the receive antenna footprint in cross-scan direction and synthetic aperture processing in along-scan direction. Imaging via footprint steering allows for drastic increase of the scanning speed.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127852273","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}
D. Ranalli, M. Scozzafava, M. Tallini, S. Colagrande
{"title":"GPR signal attenuation vs. depth on damaged flexible road pavements","authors":"D. Ranalli, M. Scozzafava, M. Tallini, S. Colagrande","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386571","url":null,"abstract":"The findings of a GPR survey carried out on damaged flexible road pavements built on embankments and in cutting sections were reported. The survey was carried out to recognize correlations between: (i) types of damage, (ii) height of embankments or depth of cutting sections, (iii) traffic load and (iv) GPR scan results. Two types of damages, inducing loss of load bearing capacity, were investigated: transversal cracks and ramified cracks. Sixteen sites were chosen, describing the different combinations of the variables to be analyzed. The sites were selected among secondary non-urban roads in the area of L'Aquila (central Italy). Road integrity was evaluated by a GPR quantitative analysis (GPR signal attenuation vs. depth), using an antenna array with a nominal frequency of 1600 MHz. It investigates media till a depth of 1.5 m which is also the maximum depth of influence of the induced traffic stress. The results carried out from two sets of scans (affected and unaffected parts) were compared in order to identify GPR signal changes. These changes made it possible to trace the causes of the damage to the road pavement vs. embankment height, cutting depth and traffic load.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128121782","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}
S. Hamran, T. Berger, L. Hanssen, M. Oyan, V. Ciarletti, C. Corbel, D. Plettemeier
{"title":"A prototype for the WISDOM GPR on the ExoMars mission","authors":"S. Hamran, T. Berger, L. Hanssen, M. Oyan, V. Ciarletti, C. Corbel, D. Plettemeier","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386562","url":null,"abstract":"This paper will describe a GPR prototype for the WISDOM - (Water Ice and Subsurface Deposit Observations on Mars) experiment on the ExoMars mission. The operation principle as well as the instrument design is explained. Simulations of the radar response to realistic geologic models of the Martian sub-surface are presented. Measurements with a commercial GPR system in Mars analog geology on earth are shown.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129133299","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 and Velocity Characteristics of Magnetically Lossy Materials","authors":"N. Cassidy","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386541","url":null,"abstract":"In many situations, the magnetic properties of sub-surface materials are often considered unimportant when compared to their 'dielectric' characteristics (i.e., permittivity and conductivity). However, if significant amounts of magnetic minerals exist, such as magnetite, hematite, maghemite and/or iron in its free state, then the relaxation phenomena of these magnetically lossy particles can have an overriding effect on the complex effective permittivity spectrum of the material. In this paper, the effective permittivity, attenuation and propagation characteristics of a range of nano-to-micro scale quartz/magnetite mixtures are investigated with the aim of determining how lossy magnetic minerals affect the macroscopic properties of the material as a whole. In addition, the measured results are compared to popular 'dielectric-based' mixing models (such as the Complex Refractive Index Model CRIM) and the nature of the magnetic relaxation mechanisms is discussed from the aspect of composite mediums. Results indicate that even relatively small amounts of magnetite can have a considerable effect on both signal attenuation and wave propagation velocity and that the current range of mixing models are inadequate for the description of magnetically lossy mixtures.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133022272","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":"Analysis of Directional Borehole Radar Measurement Data","authors":"T. Takayama, M. Sato, J. H. Kim","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386520","url":null,"abstract":"We developed a new directional borehole radar system with an array of optical electric field sensors as receivers. The system was tested in a field test site in order to assert its ability to detect three dimensional (3D) location of a subsurface tunnel. In this paper, the result is shown with a comparison to a result obtained by RAMAC directional borehole radar system. It is found that the optical electric field sensors are able to obtain highly coherent signals, that is necessary for the accurate estimation of a target azimuth direction, over the RAMAC system. The mutual coupling effect that deteriorates the coherence is also discussed. The azimuth estimation of the subsurface tunnel, which is located 5.5m apart from the tunnel, showed good agreement with the actual direction to an error of within 10 degree.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133016893","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":"Analysis of a non Electrical Resistive GPR Antenna","authors":"G. Garcia, G. Casassa, D. Ulloa, R. Zamora","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386552","url":null,"abstract":"In order to avoid oscillations in a GPR antenna, logarithmic resistive patterns throughout the arms of the dipoles are used. This consumes the energy generated by the transmitter, but significantly reduces the efficiency of the antenna and of the radar. This work analyses the possible effects of eliminating resistors by simulating the delayed potentials from the electromagnetic equations. The antenna is modelled as a modified transmission line with open end. A new transmitter is required to avoid the generation of new pulse reflections from the antenna arms. With that, the efficiency of the radar would increase and the broadcast electromagnetic pulse would be more symmetrical.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114954019","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}
V. Kopeikin, I. Krasheninnikov, P. Morozov, A. Popov, F. Guangyou, L. Xiaojun, Z. Bin
{"title":"Experimental Verification of LOZA-V GPR Penetration Depth and Signal Quality","authors":"V. Kopeikin, I. Krasheninnikov, P. Morozov, A. Popov, F. Guangyou, L. Xiaojun, Z. Bin","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386558","url":null,"abstract":"Experimental GPR survey data obtained in Yingshan and Tianmo parks (Beijing) are presented. The purpose was to estimate actual penetration depth and signal quality of LOZA-V GPR in generic Chinese soil conditions. This subsurface monopulse radar, using spark discharge transmitter and resistively loaded dipole antennas, reliably detects underground objects at 14-20 m depths without sophisticated signal processing.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124973851","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":"Constraining GPR data inversion using hydrodynamic laws for noninvasive soil hydraulic and electric property determination","authors":"S. Lambot, S. Guillaso, H. Vereecken, E. Slob","doi":"10.1109/AGPR.2007.386533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AGPR.2007.386533","url":null,"abstract":"We constrain full-wave inversion of time-lapse radar data using hydrodynamic modeling to simultaneously identify the shallow subsurface hydraulic properties and continuous vertical electric profiles. Radar data are acquired in the frequency domain using a vector network analyzer combined with an off-ground monostatic antenna. This permits to accurately filter antenna effects and to derive Green functions from which the inversion is initiated. In order to demonstrate that enough information is contained in the radar data so as to ensure unique estimates, hydrodynamic events were simulated for three different textured soils, namely, coarse, medium, and fine. The corresponding time-lapse radar data were subsequently computed and inverted to find back key soil hydraulic parameters, i.e., ¿, n, and Ks in Mualem-van Genuchten's model. For the three scenarios considered, the three hydraulic parameters were exactly retrieved, and hence, the corresponding time-dependent electric profiles as well. Provided that the soil-specific relations between the soil water content and its electric properties and the hydrodynamic initial and boundary conditions are known, the proposed method appears to be promising for proximal mapping of the shallow subsurface hydraulic properties and monitoring of the water dynamics at the field scale.","PeriodicalId":411104,"journal":{"name":"2007 4th International Workshop on, Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128177424","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}