A unified full-waveform method for modeling ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction data for non-destructive characterization of soil and materials

Author

Lambot, S. ; Moghadas, D. ; André, F. ; Slob, E.C. ; Vereecken, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Environ. Sci. & Land Use Planning, Univ. catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1058

Lastpage

1061

Abstract

We propose a unified full-waveform method for modeling zero-offset, off-ground ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electromagnetic induction (EMI) in multilayered media. Both GPR and EMI systems are set up using vector network analyzer technology. The antennas are modeled using frequency dependent, complex transfer functions, which include interactions with the medium layers. Wave propagation and induction effects are accounted for by means of three-dimensional (3-D) Green´s functions. Laboratory results demonstrated the high accuracy of the GPR and EMI models. This shows great promise for non-destructive characterization of soil and materials.

Keywords

Green´s function methods; electromagnetic induction; ground penetrating radar; network analysers; radiowave propagation; transfer functions; complex transfer function; electromagnetic induction data; frequency dependent transfer function; induction effects; multilayered media; nondestructive soil characterization; off-ground ground penetrating radar; three-dimensional Green´s functions; unified full-waveform method; vector network analyzer technology; wave propagation; zero-offset ground penetrating radar; Antennas and propagation; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic propagation; Frequency dependence; Green´s function methods; Ground penetrating radar; Soil; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3385-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297785

Filename

5297785