Spectral absorption of spatial and temporal ground penetrating radar signals by water in construction materials

NDT and E International

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-63

  Wai Lok Lai, Wallace ^a,b   Kind, Thomas ^a   Kruschwitz, Sabine ^a   Wöstmann, Jens ^a   Wiggenhauser, Herbert ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction materials; Dual polarization; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Short time Fourier transform (STFT); Spatial and temporal spectral absorption; Wavelet transform (WT)

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SIGNALS; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; SHORT TIME-FOURIER TRANSFORM (STFT); SIGNAL INTERPRETATION; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84907361189     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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