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JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
Volume 97, Issue -, Pages 89-96Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.03.012
Keywords
Ground penetrating radar; Super-resolution techniques; Numerical interpolators; Frequency analysis; Pavement monitoring
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A recent approach relates the shift of the frequency peak of the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) spectrum with the increasing of the moisture content in the soil. The weakness characterizing this approach is represented by the needs of high resolution signals, whereas GPR spectra are affected by low resolution. The novelty introduced by this work is twofold. First, we evidence that clay content information is present in the location where the maximum amplitude of the GPR spectra occurs. Then, we propose three super resolution methods, namely parabolic, triangular, and sinc-based interpolators, to further refine the location of the frequency peak. In fact, it is really important to be able to find this location quite precisely, to obtain accurate estimates of clay content We show that the peak location can be found best through sinc-interpolation in the frequency domain of the measured data. Our experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach to resolve a frequency shift in the GPR spectrum, even for a small amount of clay. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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