Ray‐based synthesis of bistatic ground‐penetrating radar profiles

An algorithm has been developed to numerically synthesize 2-D bistatic (common‐offset), ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) profiles using the principles of geometrical ray theory. By assuming nondispersive propagation, kinematic properties of electromagnetic waves are simulated by ray tracing. Dynamic properties are simulated by computing transmitter and receiver directivities, reflection and transmission coefficients, geometrical spreading, and attenuation coefficients. The main limitations are that wave effects, such as diffractions, and offline (3-D) effects are not included. The algorithm is applied to iterative modeling of multioffset, multifrequency GPR data acquired over an outcrop of fractured Austin Chalk in Dallas County in northeast Texas. Modeling is able to simulate realistically the main time and amplitude behaviors observed in GPR reflections at 50, 100, and 200 MHz at each of 1, 3, and 5 meter antenna separations from a single model. Detailed modeling produces quantitative estimates of the spa...

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