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@ARTICLE{Kaufmann:875293,
author = {Kaufmann, Manuela Sarah and Klotzsche, Anja and Vereecken,
Harry and van der Kruk, Jan},
title = {{S}imultaneous multichannel multi‐offset
ground‐penetrating radar measurements for soil
characterization},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {19},
number = {1},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Alexandria, Va.},
publisher = {GeoScienceWorld},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-01924},
pages = {e20017},
year = {2020},
abstract = {For vadose zone studies, it is essential to characterize
the soil heterogeneity. However, manual soil coring is time
consuming and lacks spatial coverage. Ground‐penetrating
radar (GPR) has a high potential to map these parameters.
However, with conventional common‐offset profile (COP)
measurements, soil layer changes are only detected as a
function of time, and no exact determination of velocities,
and thus permittivity, is possible. For velocity estimation,
time‐consuming point‐scale common midpoint (CMP) or
wide‐angle reflection and refraction (WARR) measurements
are necessary. Recently, a novel simultaneous multi‐offset
multichannel (SiMoc) GPR system was released, enabling rapid
profiling with virtually continuous acquisition of WARR
gathers. For this system, we developed a new processing
approach. First, time shifts caused by the different cables
and receivers were eliminated by a novel calibration method.
In the obtained CMP gathers, groundwave and (when present)
reflection velocities were determined with an automated
semblance approach. The obtained velocity can be converted
to permittivity and soil water content. We tested SiMoc GPR
with a synthetic study and time‐lapse field measurements.
In the synthetic study, the accuracy of velocity and layer
thickness were within 0.02 m ns−1 and 2 cm. The SiMoc
field results (spatial sampling of 5 cm) are consistent with
coarse sampled single‐channel data (spatial sampling of 10
m). Soil water content changes over the different
measurement days were in agreement with nearby installed
sensors (one per hectare). Overall, SiMoc GPR is a powerful
tool for fast imaging of spatially highly resolved
permittivity, and soil water content at a large scale.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000618773300017},
doi = {10.1002/vzj2.20017},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/875293},
}