"In the present paper we use the recently-proposed. early-time GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) amplitude. technique with the aim of detecting the variations of electric. conductivity in a porous material having a uniform permittivity.. A specific laboratory setup has been realised to evaluate the. sensitivity of the early-time amplitudes to the variations of the. subsurface salt concentration (i.e., conductivity). To assess the. capacity of the early-time amplitude to follow the electrical. conductivity changes, we compare the early-time results. acquired using the envelope of the first part of GPR signals with. the concurrent conductivity measured with TDR (Time Domain. Reflectometry). The GPR survey has been carried out using a. bistatic radar unit (Sensors & Software, Inc) operating at 1 GHz.. Further useful information has been derived by suitably. implementing a full-wave numerical modelling, able to. accurately analyse the features of the waves detected by the GPR. with flexible parameterization. Our results indicate that the. near-surface electromagnetic properties of the material can be. directly extracted from the GPR early-time amplitude technique.. In particular, both experimental and numerical data show a very. high correlation coefficient between the radar signal amplitude. and the TDR-derived electrical conductivities."
Ferrara, C., Barone P., M., Mattei, E., Galli, A., Comite, D., Lauro, S., et al. (2013). An evaluation of the early-time GPR amplitude technique for electrical conductivity monitoring. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR) [10.1109/IWAGPR.2013.6601512].
An evaluation of the early-time GPR amplitude technique for electrical conductivity monitoring
MATTEI, ELISABETTA;LAURO, SEBASTIAN;PETTINELLI, Elena
2013-01-01
Abstract
"In the present paper we use the recently-proposed. early-time GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) amplitude. technique with the aim of detecting the variations of electric. conductivity in a porous material having a uniform permittivity.. A specific laboratory setup has been realised to evaluate the. sensitivity of the early-time amplitudes to the variations of the. subsurface salt concentration (i.e., conductivity). To assess the. capacity of the early-time amplitude to follow the electrical. conductivity changes, we compare the early-time results. acquired using the envelope of the first part of GPR signals with. the concurrent conductivity measured with TDR (Time Domain. Reflectometry). The GPR survey has been carried out using a. bistatic radar unit (Sensors & Software, Inc) operating at 1 GHz.. Further useful information has been derived by suitably. implementing a full-wave numerical modelling, able to. accurately analyse the features of the waves detected by the GPR. with flexible parameterization. Our results indicate that the. near-surface electromagnetic properties of the material can be. directly extracted from the GPR early-time amplitude technique.. In particular, both experimental and numerical data show a very. high correlation coefficient between the radar signal amplitude. and the TDR-derived electrical conductivities."I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
