The use of ground-penetrating radar with a cooperative target

Author

Allen, Christopher T. ; Shi, Kun ; Plumb, Richard G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1821

Lastpage

1825

Abstract

A cooperative target (CT) is proposed to enhance the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) for buried man-made targets. Applications include tagging high-value buried structures and monitoring microtunneling equipment. Results are presented for a time-domain CT, a dipole antenna connected to an unterminated delay line. By using several independent time-domain CTs, strategically arrayed about a target, the rotational aspect of the target can also be obtained. Finally, harmonic generation is demonstrated as a technique for a frequency-domain CT

Keywords

geophysical techniques; object detection; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; terrestrial electricity; buried object detection; cooperative target; geoelectric method; geophysical measurement technique; ground penetrating radar; harmonic generation; land surface; man-made target; radar remote sensing; signal to noise ratio; signal-to-clutter ratio; tagging high-value buried structure; terrain mapping; terrestrial electricity; time-domain; tunneling equipment; unterminated delay line; Buried object detection; Clutter; Ground penetrating radar; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar remote sensing; Signal detection; Signal processing; Thyristors; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.718649

Filename

718649