6th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar
September 30 - October 3, 1996
Technical Program
(Note: This program is tentative and subject to change. August 8, 1996)
------------------- 30 September (Monday)-------------------
(Room-1) (Plenary Session)
9:20-9:40 Opening T.Suzuki
9:40-10:30 Application of Ground Penetrating Radar
Olhoeft, G.
10:30-10:40 Introduction to GPR User's International Committee
(Room-1) (Geology)
11:00-11:20 Three Dimensional GPR Imaging of a Fan-Foreset Delta : An Example from Brigham City, Utah, U.S.A.
Jol, H.M.,Smith, D.G.,Meyers, R.A.
11:20-11:40 Application of GPR for 3-D Visualization of Geological and Structural Variation in a Limestone Formation
Sigurdsson, T.,Overgaard, T.
11:40-12:00 Three-Dimensional Mapping of Glaciofluvial and Deltaic Sediments in Central Switzerland Using Ground
Penetrating Radar
Bueker, F.,Gurtner, M.,Horstmeyer, H.,Green, A.G.,Huggenberger, P.
12:00-12:20 Georadar Data From the Northern Sahara Desert: Problems and Processing Strategies
Lehmann, F.,Horstmeyer, H.,Green, A.,Sexton, J.,Coulybaly, M.
(Room-2) (Antenna)
11:00-11:20 A Novel Technique of Modeling GPR Antennas
Huang, Z.,Demarest, K.,Plumb, R.
11:20-11:40 Numerical Modeling of GPR Data for Continuously Inhomogeneous Stratified Media
Slob, E.C.
11:40-12:00 Numerical Simulation of Antenna Radiation Patterns for GPR Modeling
Carcione, J.M.
12:00-12:20 Characteristics of Horn Antenna for Subsurface Radar
Moriyama, T.,Yamaguchi, Y.,Yamada, H.
(Room-1) (Archaeology)
13:20-13:40 Comparison of GPR Time Slices and Archaeological Excavations
Goodman, D.
13:40-14:00 GPR and Archaeology in Central London: A Trial Survey
McCann, W.A.,Mackie, P.C.,Brown, A.
14:00-14:20 The Use of Ground-Penetrating Radar to Map the Archaeology and Paleogeography of the Ceren Site,
El Salvador
Conyers, L.B.
14:20-14:40 GPR Investigation to Restore an Ancient Village Buried by Volcanic Eruptions
Tohge, M.,Karube, F.,Kobayashi, M.,Tanaka, A.,Iahii, K.
14:40-15:00 Geophysical Studies in Hermitage Museum, the Char's Former Winter Palace, in St. Petersburg
Papaioannou, M.G.,Papamarinopoulos, S.P.,Stefanopoulos, P.
(Room-1) (Coal Mining)
15:20-15:40 Ground Probing Radar Applications in the Coal Industry
Murray, W.,Williams, C.J.,Pollock, J.T.A.
15:40-16:00 Ground Penetrating Radar in Open Pit Coal Mines for Mapping of Overburden,
Seam Thickness and Guidance of Continuous Mining Machines
Yelf, R.J.
(Room-2) (Material Evaluation)
13:20-13:40 Dielectric Permittivity of Concrete Between 50MHz and 1GHz and GPR Measurements
for Building Materials Evaluation
Robert, A.
13:40-14:00 Estimation of the Soil Permittivity and Conductivity by a GPR Antenna
Wakita, Y.,Yamaguchi, Y.
14:00-14:20 Electrical Properties of Water in Soils
Saarenketo, T.
14:20-14:40 Some Aspects on the Estimation of Electromagnetic Wave Velocities
Fruhwirth, R.K.,Schmoeller, R.,Oberaigner, E.R.
14:40-15:00 Ground Penetrating Radar: The Setting of the Inverse Problem
Saintenoy, A.,Tarantola, A.
(Room-2) (Numerical Modeling)
15:20-15:40 Time-Domain Staggered-Grid Finite-Difference Simulation of GPR Data
Chen, H.W.,Huang, T.M.
15:40-16:00 Statistical Characteristics of Reflections and Scatterings of Electromagnetic Radar Pulses
by Buried Objects in Random Underground Media
Miyazaki, Y.,Jyonori, Y.,Sonoda, J.
16:00-16:20 Modeling the GPR Response to 2.5D Dispersive Media on Your PC
Powers, M.H.
(Poster Session)
16:20 - 17:20
------------------- 1 October (Tuesday)-------------------
(Room-1) (Borehole/Water)
9:00-9:20 Can Radar be Used to Predict Hydraulic Conductivity?
Young, C.T.
9:20-9:40 Radar Facies of Unconsolidated Sediments in the Netherlands:
A Radar Stratigraphic Interpretation Method for Hydrogeology
van Overmeeren, R.A.
9:40-10:00 Characterization of a Moderately Fractured Granitic Rock Using Single-Hole Radar Reflection,
Crosshole Radar Tomography, and Ground Penetrating Radar
at AECL's Underground Research Laboratory, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada
Serzu,M.H.,Street, P.J.,Lodha, G.S.,Stevens, K.M.,
10:00-10:20 Application of Borehole Radar to Characterize Fracture Developing Rock Mass
Chiba, A.,Kubota, R.,Tanaka, K.,Nagata, K.,
10:20-10:40 Use of Borehole-Radar Methods to Detect a Saline Tracer in Fractured Crystalline Bedrock
at Mirror Lake, Granfton County, New Hampshire, USA
Lane, J.W.,Haeni, F.P.,Placzek, G.,Wright, D.L.,
(Room-1) (Engineering Application/ Unexploded Ordnance)
11:00-11:20 Application of GPR to Geotechnical Investigations in Hong Kong
Chan, L.S.,Law, H.Y.,Yeung, C.K.
11:20-11:40 Application of Ground Penetrating Radar to Soft Soil in Shanghai
Zhang, Z.,Wang, F.
11:40-12:00 New Application of GPR in Some China Key Engineering Projects
Wang, H.,Zhang, P.
12:00-12:20 Combined Investigation of GPR and High Precision Real-Time Differential GPS
Czarnowski, J.,Geissler, S.,Kathage, A.F.
12:20-12:40 Ground Penetrating Radar and Induction Coil Sensor Imaging for Antipersonnel Mines Detection
Bruschini, C.,Gros, B.,Guerne, F.,Piece, P.Y.,Carmona, O.
(Room-2) (Inverse Problem-1)
9:00-9:20 Imaging of the Penetrable Object Buried in a Lossy Half Space by Using the Iterative Inversion Algorithm
Lyu, J.W.,Yang, S.Y.,Ra, J.W.
9:20-9:40 Three-Dimensional Inverse Scattering of Buried Dielectric Objects in Cross-Well Geometry
Hiraoka, T.,Tanaka, M.,Boerner, W. M.
9:40-10:00 Resolution in Radar Tomography for Wall or Pillar Inspection
Valle, S.,Zanzi, L.
10:00-10:20 Joint Approach of EM Inversion and Multi-Layer Detection/Tracking for Pavement Profiling
Spagnolini, U.
10:20-10:40 An Image Reconstruction Method Using GPR Data
Wu, Z.,Liu, C.
(Room-2) (Inverse Problem-2)
11:00-11:20 Application of Diffraction Tomography to Crosshole Radar Technique
Kim, H.S.,Hyun, B.K.,Suh, J.H.
11:20-11:40 Microwave Tomography Imaging for Geophysical Applications
Dourthe, C.,Pichot, C.,Derobert, X.,Cote, P.
11:40-12:00 Localization of Tendon Ducts Behind Reinforcement in Concrete Using Radar in Combination
with Inverse Scattering
Maierhofer, Ch.,Wiggenhauser, H.,Brandfass, M.,Pitsch, A.,Langenberg, K.J.
12:00-12:20 Parametric Imaging of Small Subsurface Objects
Sato, T.,Takemura, K.,Wakayama, T.
12:20-12:40 Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Imaging of Underground Objects
by Reconstructing the Induced Current
He, Y.,Uno, T.,Nishioka, Y.,Adachi, S.
(Room-1) (Plenary Session)
13:40-14:30 A Brief History of GPR Fundamentals and Applications
Young, J.D., Peters, L. Jr.
(Room-1) (Survey Design/NDI-Concrete)
14:40-15:00 Combination of a Covermeter with a GPR-System
- A Tool for Detecting Prestressed Bars in Concrete Structures
Flohrer, C.,Poepel, M.
15:00-15:20 Model Tests for Inspecting and Estimating Tunnel Lining Using GPR
Kim, Y. G.,Jang, J. B.,Baik, K. H.,Jeong, H.C.,Park, C.L.
15:20-15:40 Approaches to Increase Resolution of Radar Signal
Malagodi, S.,Orlando, L.,Piro, S.
15:40-16:00 Optimization of GPR Acquisition and Noise Elimination Parameters
Versteeg, R.
16:00-16:20 3D Ground Probing Radar
van Deen, J.K.
(Room-2) (CW Radar)
14:40-15:00 Numerical Calculation of the Fields Scattered by an an Air Tunnel
in the Dissipative Ground Medium Excited by a Short Vertical Dipole
Ha, T.S.,Choi, H.K.,Ra, J.W.
15:00-15:20 Detection and Imaging of Underground Buried Objects Using a Single Frequency CW Radra
Shibata, K.,Taniguchi, K.,Kawahara, T.,Saito, Y.,Nomura, A.
15:20-15:40 Current Development Status of a Gated Stepped-Frequency GPR
Stickley, G.F.,Noon, D.A.,Cherniakov, M.,Longstaff, D.
15:40-16:00 A Simple Calibration Technique for the FM-CW Subsurface Radars Using a Quadrature Signal Transform
Yamada, H.,Kasahara, H.,Mikami, S.,Yamaguchi, Y.
(Poster Session)
16:20 - 17:20
------------------- 2 October (Wendesday) -------------------
(Room-1) (Radar Sensitivity)
9:00-9:20 Sensitivity Analysis of Ground-Penetrating Radar Systems
Kruk, J. v.d.,Fokkema, J.T.,de Hoop, A.T.,van der Berg, P.M.
9:20-9:40 A Frequency Independent Characterisation of GPR Penetration and Resolution Performance
Noon, D.A.,Stickley, G.F.,Longstaff, D.
9:40-10:00 GPR Wave Attenuation Tomography Using the Frequency Shift Method
Liu, L.,Quan, Y.
(Room-1) (Plenary Session )
10:00-10:40 Introductions: (1) The Tagajo Site,
(2) The Development of GPR Surveying in Japanese Archaeology
Nishimura, Y.
10:40-19:00 (Field Excursion)
------------------- 3 October (Thursday) -------------------
(Room-1) (NDI-Road)
9:00-9:20 Performance Specifications of Ground Penetrating Radar
Scullion, T.,Lau, C.L.,Saarenketo, T.
9:20-9:40 Semi-Automatic Processing of GPR Data Collected Over Pavement
Roberts, R.L.,Petroy, D.
9:40-10:00 A Comprehensive Radar Hardware, Interpretation Software and Survey Methodology Paradigm for Bridge
Deck Assessment
Mesher, D.E.,Dawley, C.B.,Pulles, B.C.
10:00-10:20 An Automated Radar System for Non Destructive Testing of Bridges and Highway Pavements
Pagnoni, T.
10:20-10:40 GPR Inspection of a Mountain Motorway - A Case Study
Hugenschmidt, J.,Partl, M.N.,de Witte, H.
(Room-1) (Plenary Session )
11:00-11:50 Polarimetry Ultrawideband Interferometric Sensing and Imaging
Boerner, W.M.,Verdi, J.S.
(Room-2) (Radar Polarimetry)
9:00-9:20 Wideband Interferometric Sensing and Imaging Polarimetry
- An Essential Tool in Ground Penetrating Radar Applications
Boerner, W.M.,Verdi, J.S.,Sheen, D.R.
9:20-9:40 Polarimetric Detection of Objects by a Deep Sounding FM-CW Radar
Yamaguchi, Y.,Kasahara, H.,Moriyama, T.,Yamada, H.
9:40-10:00 Measurement and Characterization of Subsurface Fracture by Polarimetric Borehole Radar
Miwa, T.,Sato, M.,Niitsuma, H.
10:00-10:20 Tomographic Study of Small-Scale Fracture Zones with Borehole Radar
in Vertical and Horizontal Polarization Modes
Gourry, J.C.,Grandjean, G.,Dufrenoy, A.M.,N'Guyen, Y.
10:20-10:40 Circular-and Cross-Polarization of Circular Microstrip Patch Antennas on Cylindrical Structures
Fares, O.S.,Mitkees, A.A.,El-Mikati, H.A.
(Room-1) (Signal Processing)
12:50-13:10 Subsurface Imaging Techniques Applied at a Ground-Penetrating Radar Test Facility
Goodman, N.,Leuschen, C.,Plumb, R.,Allen, C.
13:10-13:30 Near Range Resolution and Object Detection in High Interference Environments
AL-Ghamdi, A.G.,Afifi, M.S.
13:30-13:50 An Interferometric Technique for Synthetic-Aperture Ground-Penetrating Radar
Leuschen, C.,Goodman, N.,Allen, C.,Plumb,R.
13:50-14:10 Estimation of Reflector Position by a Directional Borehole Radar
Using a Cylindrical Conformal Array Antenna
Ebihara, S.,Sato, M.,Niitsuma, H.
14:10-14:30 Optimum Correlation Processing of GPR Data for Point Scatterers
Detlefsen, J.,Felbach, D.
14:30-14:40 Closing
------------------- Poster papers -------------------
(Applications)
Mapping Shallow Underground Features That Influence Crop Production and Contaminant Transport
Freeland, R.S.,Yoder, R.E.,Ammons, J.T.
Underground Radar Studies for Solving Geological and Safeguarding Problems in Nuclear Waste Repositories
Eisenburger, D.,Gundelach, V.,Sender, F.,Thierbach, R.
Borehole Radar for Environmental Applications: Selected Case Studies
Redman, J.D.,Gilson, E.,Kunert, M.,Pilon, J.,Annan, P.
Ground Penetrating Radar of Eskers, Kame Terraces, and Moraines: Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada
Jol, H.M.,Young, R.,Fisher, T.G.,Smith, D.G.,Meyers, R.A.
Detection of Cavities in Dolomite and Profiling of Alluvial Deposits Using GPR in Lithuania
Zolotarev V.P.,Grigorieff, K.N.,Glotov, V.P.,Stanzyte, B.
Radar for Mars Soil Sounding and Testing Results
Barbin, Y.,Kofman, W.,Herique, A.,Laplace, H.,Zolotarev, V.
Detecting Karstic Cavities with Ground Penetrating Radar at Different Geological Environments in Spain
Casas, A.,Lazaro, R.,Vilas, M.,Busquet, E.
A Pitfall in GPR-Data Interpretation Caused by Personal Attitude
Fruhwirth, R.K.,Schmoeller, R.,Holub, B.
Case Studies on the Application of Ground Penetrating Radar Technology in Detection of Underground Utilities and Structure
Safety Diagnosis
Bae, S.H.,Kim, H.S.,Yoon, W.S.
Electrical Parameters of Sandy and Clayey Soils in the Range of Wavelengths from 0.8 to 226 cm
Lebedeva, G.N.
Laboratory and GPR Tests to Evaluate Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Texas and Finnish Base Course Aggregates
Saarenketo, T.,Scullion, T.
Probing Ahead by Cylindrical GPR and Seismic Reflection
van Deen, J.K.
Polarization Characteristics of Radio Attenuation in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Maeno, H.,Uratsuka, S,Okamoto, K.,Watanabe, O.
Application for a Newly Developed Helicopter-Borne GPR Measuring Systems for Determination of Ice Thickness in Antarctica
Damm, V.,Eisenburger, D.,Jenett, M.,Thierbach, R.,Winkelmann, J.
Electrical Resistivity Prospecting of Archaeological Tomb - The Iwatoyama Case Study -
Tanaka, T.,Kishikawa, H.,Mizunaga, H.,Ushijima, K.
Application of GPR in Archaeology Using Boreholes
Lu, Y.,Sato, M.,Niitsuma, H.
(System)
Development of High Resolution GPR Hardware in the Frequency Range 300MHz - 3.5 GHz
Murray, W., Lewis, C.,Yang, Z.,Pollock, J.T.A.
A Pipe Detection Radar with Automatic Three Dimensional Mapping
Chignell, R.J.,Dabis, H.S.
Enhanced Power Ground Penetrating Radars
Kopeikin, V.V.,Garbatsevich, V.A.,Edemsky, D.E.,Popov, A.V.,Reznikov, A.E.
Videopulse Radar for Subsurface Penetration: Signal Processing, Experiment
Immoreev, I.,Vovshin, B.,Grinev, A.,Zaikin, A.
The Study of Transmit-Receive Technique of Carrier-Free Pulse Ground Penetrating Radar
Xiando, W.,Xiyuan, Z. ,Yu, Z.
Analysis of the FM-CW Radar in Layered Lossy Media
Deng, R.,Liu, C.
The Method of Subsurface Sounding by GPR with Narrow Beam Antenna
Den, O.E..,Volkomirskaya, L.B.
Chinese RIM Systems and Their Applications
Wu, Y.,Zhang, Z.,Qu, X.
An Electromagnetic Spatial/Spectreal Sensor for Geological Measurements
Chufo, R.L.
(Numerical Analysis)
Examining the Characteristics of Pulse Ground Penetrating Radar in Sounding and Profiling Modes
Krampuls, A.Y.,Chubinsky, N.P.
Fresnel Equations for Reflection and Transmission at Boundaries between Two Conductive Media,
with Applications to Georadar Problems
Lehmann, F.
Ultra-Wideband Signals Structural Analysis
Astanin, L.Y.,Chernyshov, E.E.,Krotov, N.A.,Norkin, V.I.
Numerical Simulation of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) by Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method
Fang, G.,Zhang, Z.,Wang, W.,Zeng, Y.,Xu, Y.
(Signal Processing)
Wideband Interferometric Sensing and Imaging Polarimetry
- Demonstration of Its Significance in Ground Penetrating Radar Applications
Boerner, W.M.,Sheen, D.R.,Verdi, J.S.
Source Signature Deconvolution of Ground Penetrating Radar Data
Neves, F.A.,Miller, J.A.,Roulston, M.S.
Radar Imaging of Underground Objects in Inhomogeneous Soil Using X-T-V Data Matrix
Hayakawa, H.,Niigawa, T.,Kawanaka, A.
Signal Processing Optimisation for Ultra-Wideband GPR
Cherniakov, M.,Donskoi, L.,Stickley, G.
Frequency Radar: Optimization of Frequency to Time Translation
Herique,A.
The Use of FK Techniques in GPR Processing
Haizhong, Y.,Xiaojian, Y.,Yuansheng, S.
Characteristics of Reflected Wave Obtained by Pulse Type Subsurface Radar
Taketomi, K.,Miyazaki, K.
(Geophysics)
Analysis of EM Radiation Resulted from Earthquake
Tian, X.,Hata, M.
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