Acquisition and processing of wide‐aperture ground‐penetrating radar data

Geophysics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Fisher ◽  
George A. McMechan ◽  
A. Peter Annan
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Depth Of Penetration ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Wide Aperture ◽  
Spatial Positioning ◽  
Ground Penetrating

A 40-channel wide‐aperture ground penetrating radar (GPR) data set was recorded in a complicated fluvial/aeolian environment in eastern Canada. The data were collected in the multichannel format usually associated with seismic reflection surveys and were input directly into a standard seismic processing sequence (filtering, static corrections, common‐midpoint gathering, velocity analysis, normal‐ and dip‐moveout corrections, stacking and depth migration). The results show significant improvements, over single‐channel recordings, in noise reduction and depth of penetration (by stacking), and in spatial positioning and reduction of diffraction artifacts (by migration). These characteristics increase the potential for reliable interpretation of structural and stratigraphic details. Thus, without having to develop any new software, GPR data processing technology is brought to the same level of capability, flexibility, and accessibility that is current in seismic exploration.

Surface and borehole ground-penetrating-radar developments

Geophysics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 75A103-75A120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evert Slob ◽  
Motoyuki Sato ◽  
Gary Olhoeft
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Waveform Inversion ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Supplementary Information ◽  
Linear Inversion ◽  
Metal Detector ◽  
Mapping Tool ◽  
3D Volume ◽  
Ground Penetrating

During the past [Formula: see text], ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has evolved from a skeptically received glacier sounder to a full multicomponent 3D volume-imaging and characterization device. The tool can be calibrated to allow for quantitative estimates of physical properties such as water content. Because of its high resolution, GPR is a valuable tool for quantifying subsurface heterogeneity, and its ability to see nonmetallic and metallic objects makes it a useful mapping tool to detect, localize, and characterize buried objects. No tool solves all problems; so to determine whether GPR is appropriate for a given problem, studying the reasons for failure can provide an understanding of the basics, which in turn can help determine whether GPR is appropriate for a given problem. We discuss the specific aspects of borehole radar and describe recent developments to become more sensitiveto orientation and to exploit the supplementary information in different components in polarimetric uses of radar data. Multicomponent GPR data contain more diverse geometric information than single-channel data, and this is exploited in developed dedicated imaging algorithms. The evolution of these imaging schemes is discussed for ground-coupled and air-coupled antennas. For air-coupled antennas, the measured radiated wavefield can be used as the basis for the wavefield extrapolator in linear-inversion schemes with an imaging condition, which eliminates the source-time function and corrects for the measured radiation pattern. A handheld GPR system coupled with a metal detector is ready for routine use in mine fields. Recent advances in modeling, tomography, and full-waveform inversion, as well as Green’s function extraction through correlation and deconvolution, show much promise in this field.

Reconstructing Properties of Subsurface from Ground-Penetrating Radar Data

PIERS Online ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 567-572
Author(s):  
Hui Zhou ◽  
Dongling Qiu ◽  
Takashi Takenaka
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Ground Penetrating

scholarly journals Ice thickness distribution of all Swiss glaciers based on extended ground-penetrating radar data and glaciological modeling

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Melchior Grab ◽  
Enrico Mattea ◽  
Andreas Bauder ◽  
Matthias Huss ◽  
Lasse Rabenstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Swiss Alps ◽  
Ice Thickness ◽  
Hazard Management ◽  
Bed Topography ◽  
Ice Volume ◽  
Ground Penetrating

Abstract Accurate knowledge of the ice thickness distribution and glacier bed topography is essential for predicting dynamic glacier changes and the future developments of downstream hydrology, which are impacting the energy sector, tourism industry and natural hazard management. Using AIR-ETH, a new helicopter-borne ground-penetrating radar (GPR) platform, we measured the ice thickness of all large and most medium-sized glaciers in the Swiss Alps during the years 2016–20. Most of these had either never or only partially been surveyed before. With this new dataset, 251 glaciers – making up 81% of the glacierized area – are now covered by GPR surveys. For obtaining a comprehensive estimate of the overall glacier ice volume, ice thickness distribution and glacier bed topography, we combined this large amount of data with two independent modeling algorithms. This resulted in new maps of the glacier bed topography with unprecedented accuracy. The total glacier volume in the Swiss Alps was determined to be 58.7 ± 2.5 km3 in the year 2016. By projecting these results based on mass-balance data, we estimated a total ice volume of 52.9 ± 2.7 km3 for the year 2020. Data and modeling results are accessible in the form of the SwissGlacierThickness-R2020 data package.

scholarly journals Ground penetrating radar data used in discovery of the early Christian church of Notre Dame de Baudes near Labastide-du-Temple, France

Data in Brief ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1588-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted L Gragson ◽  
Victor D. Thompson ◽  
David S. Leigh ◽  
Florent Hautefeuille
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Ground Penetrating
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