Title :
Time-frequency dependent filtering of step-frequency ground penetrating radar data
Author :
Sala, Jacopo ; Penne, Helge ; Eide, Egil
Author_Institution :
3d-Radar AS, Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel method for time-frequency filtering of step-frequency GPR data during time domain conversion. The method provides a depth dependent frequency window where the bandwidth is continuously varied to match the energy contents of the received spectrum from subsurface features at different depths.
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; ground penetrating radar; remote sensing by radar; depth dependent frequency window; step-frequency ground penetrating radar data; subsurface features; time domain conversion; time-frequency filtering; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Ground penetrating radar; Time domain analysis; Time frequency analysis; chirp z-transform; frequency to time conversion; time-frequency filtering;
Conference_Titel :
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2662-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254904