Identifying causes of ground-penetrating radar reflections using time-domain reflectometry and sedimentological analyses

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical technique widely used to study the shallow subsurface and identify various sediment features that reflect electromagnetic waves. However, little is known about the exact cause of GPR reflections because few studies have coupled wave theory to petrophysical data. In this study, a 100- and 200-MHz GPR survey was conducted on aeolian deposits in a quarry. Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) was used to obtain detailed information on the product of relative permittivity (ɛ_r) and relative magnetic permeability (μ_r), which mainly controls the GPR contrast parameter in the subsurface. Combining TDR data and lacquer peels from the quarry wall allowed the identification of various relationships between sediment characteristics and ɛ_rμ_r. Synthetic radar traces, constructed using the TDR logs and sedimentological data from the lacquer peels, were compared with the actual GPR sections. Numerous peaks in ɛ_rμ_r, which are superimposed on a baseline value of 4 for dry sand, are caused by potential GPR reflectors. These increases in ɛ_rμ_r coincide with the presence of either organic material, having a higher water content and relative permittivity than the surrounding sediment, or iron oxide bands, enhancing relative magnetic permeability and causing water to stagnate on top of them. Sedimentary structures, as reflected in textural change, only result in possible GPR reflections when the volumetric water content exceeds 0·055. The synthetic radar traces provide an improved insight into the behaviour of radar waves and show that GPR results may be ambiguous because of multiples and interference.     

GPS多路径效应中的EEMD时空滤波器

根据结构动态监测中GPS多路径效应的日重复性和低频周期等特性,本文研究了一种基于集成经验模态分解(EEMD)技术的滤波方法,构造了EEMD时空滤波器。通过计算连续两天GPS动态监测数据EEMD的相关系数,提取GPS监测数据中的多路径效应。实验结果表明了该方法的有效性,为结构动态变形模态分析提供了有效数据。     

一种GPS多路径反射信号的雪深反演

针对传统雪深测量缺乏必要时空敏感性的不足,该文在分析GPS信号多路径反射模型的基础上,利用GPS信噪比观测数据,通过分离提取多路径反射分量研究其时频特性,探讨GPS多路径信号与雪深及其变化关系并进行反演建模。依据菲涅尔反射区理论,确定了反射区域范围,进一步探讨卫星、波段选择及初始反射高度确定等。对比实验研究表明,反演结果与实测值吻合较好,相关系数为0.93,均方根误差为8.6cm;信噪比多路径反射分量的频率能有效跟踪积雪深度的变化。     

自适应小波在建筑物自振信号分析中的应用

多路径误差较大容易掩盖建筑物真实的自振信息,可采用基于交叉证认的自适应小波分析对建筑物结构自振信号和多路径误差进行提取和分离。通过对实际高层建筑监测数据的处理和分析,有效提取和分离结构自振信号和多路径误差,并利用多窗口法对自振信号进行频谱估计,估计结果与理论计算值相吻合。     

Underwater Acoustic Communication Based on Pattern Time Delay Shift Coding Scheme

1 .Introduction Underwater acoustic (UWA) communicationis a fast developingfield,and its applicationis notlimitedto military affairs ,but is also extendinginto commercial fields .Catipovic (1990) ,Stojanovic(1996) and Kilfoyle and Baggeroer (2000) pointed…     

Configuration of hydrological processes in a steep hillslope through causality analysis of soil moisture measurements

The vertical and lateral profiles of temporal variations in soil moisture are important for understanding the hydrological process along hillside transects. In this study, relationships among measured soil moistures were explored to configure the hydrological contributions of different flowpaths. All the measured soil moistures included a common stochastic structure because rainfall, the hydrometeological driver, is the main factor that determines the soil moisture response feature, and the infiltration process through the topsoil at a shallow depth is also common in all measured soil moisture histories. Therefore, the relationships between the measured series are also affected by both rainfall and topsoil infiltration. The common stochastic structure of the soil moisture series was removed via a prewhitening procedure. A systematic analysis procedure is presented to delineate the exclusive causal relationships among multiple soil moisture measurements. A monitoring system based on multiplexed time domain reflectometry was used to obtain soil moisture time series along two transects on a steep hillslope during the rainy season. The application of the proposed method for monitoring points in two adjacent locations provided 8, 12, 14, and 13, 16, 22 causal relationships for vertical, lateral in parallel, and diagonal directions, respectively, along the two transects. The point‐based contributions of the internal flowpath can be evaluated as the correlation is normalized in the context of inflow and outflow. The hydrological processes in the soil layer, vertical flow, lateral flow, downslope recharge, and return flow were quantified, and the relative importance of each hydrological component was determined to improve our understanding of the hydrological processes along the two transects of the study area. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

GPS现代化后L2载波的数据质量分析

从L2C码的信号结构、多路径效应和信噪比3个方面对实际采集到的观测数据进行分析,结果表明,新的L2C码采用了新的设计结构,其多路径效应与C/A码的多路径效应较为一致,且L2载波的信噪比得到明显提高。然后利用L1载波和L2载波分别求解双差模糊度,实验结果说明,加载了L2C码的L2载波和L1载波计算双差模糊度的效果一致,较原未加载L2C码的载波在模糊度解算效率上有显著的提高。     

GNSS 系统中新 BOC信号性能评估研究

卫星信号体制是卫星导航系统性能的决定性因素之一,无论是BDS 或Galileo等新系统的建设还是GPS或GLONASS等系统的现代化过程中,导航信号的设计与性能评估都是所关注的焦点,BOC调制是GNSS的重要选择,本文引入一种GNSS中有效可调带宽的信号波形以减轻多径和干扰的影响。仿真结果表明：该波形在精度、多径抑制和抗干扰方面较普通BOC具有更好的性能。     

一种GNSS码跟踪环路中的多径抑制方法

主要介绍了一种在GNSS信号中抑制多径信号的鉴相方法,接收机接收到的GNSS信号中往往包含多径信号,GNSS信号进行下变频生成中频信号后,进行模数转换;将经过模数转换后的GNSS信号进行载波剥离,得到I路和Q路的信号,在码跟踪环路中,对I路和Q路信号进行码剥离,得到多径信号的互相关功率后,采用基于精密TK采样间隔的TK—EML5鉴相方法,能够起到有效地抑制多径信号的效果。     

TDR detection of nonaqueous phase liquids in sandy soils using the eigendecomposition method

In this study, the presence of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPL) in sandy soils are detected using a TDR probe system and the eigendecomposition method of analysis. As a demonstration, five NAPLs with different physicochemical properties (acetone, benzene, heptane, trichloroethylene, and xylene; Table 1) were used. Samples were prepared in such a way that the soil pore fluid has different contents of deionized water and NAPLs. For each experiment, a pulse signal with known characteristics was used and reflected signals were captured by an oscilloscope and analyzed using the eigendecomposition method. Autoregressive modeling and singular value decomposition were used to calculate the eigenvalues. The most significant eigenvalues were identified based on their power spectrum. The relative eigenvalue of the first mode (Eow), which is a measure of the power carried by the signal, was calculated and correlated to NAPL type and content, and octanol water partition coefficient (log Kow). The results indicated that for the same NAPL content, as log Kow increases, Eow decreases due to increase of hydrophobicity. For the same log Kow, as the organic content in soil pore fluid increases, Eow increases due to decrease of dielectric properties of the pore fluids.