Title :
Detection of water in an airport tarmac using SFCW ground penetrating radar
Author :
Farquharson, G. ; Langman, A. ; Inggs, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Radar Remote Sensing Group, Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch, South Africa
Abstract :
This paper presents a study to determine whether ground penetrating radar (GPR) could be used to map the subsurface water below the surface of the main runway at Cape Town International Airport. The radar used was a prototype stepped frequency continuous wave radar developed at the University of Cape Town. Various affected areas were scanned and compared with core samples. The data was processed using two simple heuristic algorithms. These results are presented and conclusions are drawn based on known structure of the runway
Keywords :
CW radar; airports; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; radar applications; remote sensing by radar; terrain mapping; 1 to 2 GHz; Cape Town International Airport; SFCW; South Africa; airport; geophysical measurement technique; ground penetrating radar; heuristic algorithm; hydrology; moisture; radar remote sensing; runway; stepped frequency continuous wave radar; subsurface water; tarmac; terrain mapping; water content; Airports; Asphalt; Cities and towns; Frequency; Ground penetrating radar; Permittivity measurement; Radar detection; Radar remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.772083
