Cheng ZengEECS 725

May 4, 2015

History and Applications

Ground Penetrating Radar

Introduction

Challenges

Applications

Outline

The first Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) was developed by Walter Stern and used to survey a glacier in Austria in 1929.

After WWII, GPR was developed for military application such as locating tunnels in the DMZ between North and South Korea.

GPR first became commercially available in 1972.

The first affordable GPR system was sold in 1985 and first comprehensive reference books was written in the 1990s.

Introduction

Soils are 3D natural bodies consisting of unconsolidated mineral and organic materials that form a continuous blanket over most of the earth’s land surface.

At all scales of measurements, soils are exceedingly complex and variable in biological, chemical, physical, mineralogical, and electromagnetic properties. These properties will influence the propagation velocity, attenuation, and penetration depth of electromagnetic energy, and the effectiveness of GPR.

Challenges

GSSM-USA

Environmental Applications

Earth Science Applications

Engineering and Societal Applications

Applications

Environmental Applications

Earth Sciences Applications

Engineering and Societal Applications

[1] A. Lohonyai, "A Brief History of Ground Penetrating Radar," in To Engineer is Human vol. 2015, ed.

[2] D. O. Borchert. (May, 3). History of Ground Penetrating Radar Technology. Available: http://www.obonic.de/en/history-ground-penetrating-radar-technology/

[3] H. M. Jol, "15. GPR Archaeometry," in Ground Penetrating Radar Theory and Applications, ed: Elsevier.

[4] H. M. Jol, "6. Soils, Peatlands, and Biomonitoring," in Ground Penetrating Radar Theory and Applications, ed: Elsevier.

[5] H. M. Jol, "7. The Contribution of Ground Penetrating Radar to Water Resource Research," in Ground Penetrating Radar Theory and Applications, ed: Elsevier.

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