Noise Performance Comparison Between Continuous Wave and Stroboscopic Pulse Ground Penetrating Radar

Although stroboscopic pulse (SP) ground penetrating radar (GPR) is the most popular and widespread equipment for subsoil investigation, continuous-wave (CW) radar has better performance in terms of noise, system dynamic range, and penetration depth, at the expense of greater complexity and cost of the components. The aim of this letter is a direct comparison between SP GPR and CW GPR through an extensive measurement campaign in five different locations representative of the different conditions where a GPR could operate.

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