Phase spectrum of signals in ground-penetrating radar applications

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1760-1767

  Sugak, Vladimir G ^a   Sugak, Alexander V ^a  

^a A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Phasefrequency spectrum; Stepped frequency continuous wave (SFCW)

Indexed keywords

BURIED OBJECTS; GEORADARS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; GROUND SURFACES; INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS; PHASE FREQUENCY; PHASE GRADIENT; PHASE SPECTRA; PHASEFREQUENCY SPECTRUM; QUADRATURE PHASE DETECTOR; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEPPED FREQUENCY CONTINUOUS WAVES; UNDERGROUND LAYERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PHASE STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PHASE TRANSITION; SIGNAL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 80054935455     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2036163     Document Type: Article

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