Ground Penetrating Radar
GRORADAR™ by Gary R. Olhoeft, PhD
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Introduction and History        Electromagnetic Wave Propagation

Velocity   Wavelength    Attenuation   Dispersion

Rocks, Soils and Fluids:  Electrical Properties    Magnetic Properties

Environmental Influences        Heterogeneity, Anisotropy and Scale       Radar Equation

Scattering     Polarization     Fresnel Reflection     Snell Angle       Stokes-Mueller Matrices      Poincare Sphere

Antennas     Coupling     Near / Far Fields     Waveguides   Multipathing      Resonance

Survey Design     Contrast     Geometry      Resolution     Depth of  Investigation     Orientation  

Noise     Interference     Logistics

Data Acquisition   Data Processing   Modeling   Interpretation   Uncertainty

Noninvasive Surface Applications

Utilty detection in the above image:
GPR locating a pair of telecommunication cables (metal) and a plastic natural gas line (plastic)
under an asphalt street between two rebar-reinforced, concrete drainpans
from: Olhoeft, G.R., 1999, Applications and frustrations in using ground penetrating radar:
Ultra Wideband Conference, September 27-29, 1999, Washington, DC, Proceedings CD-ROM or
http://www.uwb.org/Conference/proceedings, 13p. (invited)

Applications:     Borehole     Airborne      Satellite and Space  

GPR Bibliography

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