Conference Papers Working Group 1 

(with acknowledgement to COST Action TU1208)

[wg1-c3] L. Pajewski, A. Benedetto, S. D'Amico, V. Ferrara, F. Frezza, R. Persico, F. Tosti, “COST Action TU1208 – Working Group 1 – Design and realisation of Ground Penetrating Radar equipment for civil engineering applications,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2017-15178 (Italy, Malta, United Kingdom; STSM OUTCOME; TS OUTCOME; 2017 EGU GA PUBLIC INTEREST ABSTRACT; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-c2] L. Pajewski, R. Persico, S. Chicarella, V. Ferrara, F. Frezza, F. Troiani, “Ground Penetrating Radar prototypes developed in COST Action TU1208,” Proc. 24th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), 22-24 September 2016, Split, Croatia, pp. 1-5 (Italy)

[wg1-c1] L. Pajewski, G. Manacorda,  R. Persico, "Design and testing of Ground Penetrating Radar equipment dedicated for civil engineering applications: ongoing activities in Working Group 1 of COST Action TU1208,"  European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-15775-1  (Italy; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; OPEN ACCESS)

Project 1.1 – Novel GPR equipment

[wg1-p1c22] S. Chicarella, V. Ferrara, F. Frezza, A. D'Alvano, L. Pajewski, “Improvement of GPR tracking by using inertial and GPS combined data,” 24th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), 22-24 September 2016, Split, Croatia, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SOFTCOM.2016.7772148 (Italy)

[wg1-p1c21] G. Pochanin, S. Masalov, I. Pochanina, L. Capineri, P. Falorni, T. Bechtel, “Modern trends in development and application of the UWB radar systems,” Proc. 8th International Conference on Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals (UWBUSIS), 5-11 September 2016, Odessa, Ukraine, pp. 7-11, doi: 10.1109/UWBUSIS.2016.7724141 (Italy, Ukraine, United States; COOPERATION WITH NNC; COOPERATION WITH IPC)

[wg1-p1c20] R. Persico, L. Matera, S. Piro, E. Rizzo, L. Capozzoli, “Test site experiments with a reconfigurable stepped frequency GPR,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-2804 (Italy; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c19] R. Vescovo, L. Pajewski, F. Tosti, “State-of-the-art and trends of Ground-Penetrating Radar antenna arrays,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-18097 (Italy, United Kingdom; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c18] F. Tosti, L. Bianchini Ciampoli, A. Benedetto, A. M. Alani, A. Loizos, F. D'Amico, “Recent advances in the evaluation of the strength and deformation properties of flexible pavements using GPR,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-17169 (Greece, Italy, United Kingdom; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c17] V. Ferrara, F. Troiani, F. Frezza, F. Mangini, L. Pajewski, P. Simeoni, N. Tedeschi, “Design and Realization of a Cheap Ground Penetrating Radar Prototype @ 2.45 GHz,” 2016 IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 11-15 April 2016, Davos, Switzerland, pp.1-4, doi: 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7482008 (Ireland, Italy)

[wg3-p1c16] R. Persico, D. Dei, F. Parrini, L. Matera, S. D’Amico, A. Micallef, P. Galea, “Stepped Frequency GPR Systems: First examples in the field,” Proc. 34th Meeting of GNGTS – Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida, Trieste, Italy, 17-19 November 2015, pp. 159-165, ISBN: 978-88-940442-7-0 (Italy, Malta; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; STSM OUTCOME; OPEN ACCESS).

[wg3-p1c15] R. Persico, L. Matera, D. Dei, F. Parrini, “Reconfigurability of the integration time in stepped frequency GPR systems,” Proc. 2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, 30 November-2 December 2015, Lecce, Italy, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/MMS.2015.7375502 (Italy; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; STSM OUTCOME)

[wg1-p1c14] L. Matera, M. Ciminale, E. Eide, J. Sala, R. Persico, A. Anderson Stamnes, "Applications of conventional and non-conventional GPR systems in the Viking remains of Torget," Proc. 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2015), 7-10 July 2015, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292631 (Italy, Norway; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; STSM OUTCOME)

[wg1-p1c13] S. Chicarella, A. D’Alvano, V. Ferrara, F. Frezza, L. Pajewski, "Inertial and GPS data integration for positioning and tracking of GPR,"  European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-15776 (Italy; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c12] F. Tosti, A. Benedetto, L. Bianchini Ciampoli, S. Adabi,  L. Pajewski, "Inferring strength and deformation properties of hot mix asphalt layers from the GPR signal: recent advances,"  Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-12822-2  (Italy; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c11] E. Van De Viiver, J. De Pue, W. Cornelis,  M. Van Meirvenne, “Comparison of air-launched and ground-coupled configurations of SFCW GPR in time, frequency and wavelet domain,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-10038 (Belgium; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c10] A. Ristic, M. Govedarica, M. Vrtunski, D. Petrovacki, “Integration of modern remote sensing technologies for faster utility mapping and data extraction,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-2365-1  (Serbia; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c9] M.-K. Olkkonen, P. Eskelinen, E. Huuskonen-Snicker, T. Pellinen, P. Olmos Martinez, “A New Microwave Asphalt Radar,” Proc. International RADAR Conference, Lille, France, 13-17 October 2014, doi: 10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060386 (Finland)

[wg1-p1c8] F. Tosti, S. Adabi, L. Pajewski, G. Schettini, A. Benedetto, “Large-scale analysis of dielectric and mechanical properties of pavement using GPR and LFWD,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 868-873, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970551 (Italy; GPR 2014)

[wg1-p1c7] E. Eide, P. A. Våland,  J. Sala, “Ground-Coupled Antenna Array for Step-Frequency GPR,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 756-761, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970527 (Norway; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT;  GPR 2014)

[wg1-p1c6] L. Matera, M. Ciminale, R. Persico, M. T. Giannotta, V. Desantis, A. Alessio, “Application of a reconfigurable stepped frequency system to cultural heritage prospecting,” pp. 1-5, Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 18-24, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970377 (Italy; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT;  GPR 2014) 

[wg1-p1c5] A. Benedetto, F. Tosti,  F. D’Amico, “Investigation of mechanical properties of pavement through electromagnetic techniques,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-13218.  (Italy; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c4] S. Chicarella, V. Ferrara, P. D’Atanasio, F. Frezza, L. Pajewski, S. Pavoncello, S. Prontera, N. Tedeschi, and A. Zambotti, “Analyses and Measures of GPR Signal with Superimposed Noise,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-5387-2 (Italy; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c3] J. De Pue, E. Van De Vijver, W. Cornelis, M. Van Meirvenne, “Comparison of pulse and SFCW GPR in time, frequency and wavelet domain,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-16072-3 (Belgium; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c2] G. P. Pochanin, V. P. Ruban, P. V. Kholod, A. A. Shuba, A. G. Pochanin, A. A. Orlenko, “Improvement of the energetic properties of the GPR,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-16928 (Ukraine; COOPERATION WITH NNC; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p1c1] G. Manacorda, A. Simi, G. Barsacchi, “A GPR system for the high-resolution inspection of walls and structures,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-16422 (Italy; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT;  OPEN ACCESS)

Project 1.2 – Design, modelling and optimisation       of   GPR antennas

[wg1-p2c10] A. Šušnjara, D. Poljak, S. Šesnić, V. Dorić, “Time domain and frequency domain integral equation method for the analysis of ground penetrating radar (GPR) antenna,” 24th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), Split, Croatia, 22-24 September 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SOFTCOM.2016.7772184 (Croatia)

[wg1-p2c9] C. Warren, L. Pajewski, D. Poljak, A. Ventura, A. Giannopoulos, S. Sesnic, “A comparison of Finite-Difference, Finite-Integration and Integral-Equation methods in the Time Domain for modelling Ground Penetrating Radar antennas,” pp. 1-6, Proc. 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2016), Hong Kong, 13-16 June 2016, doi:  10.1109/ ICGPR.2016.7572676 (Croatia, Italy, United Kingdom)

[wg1-p2c8] G. P. Pochanin, A. Y. Poyedinchuk, L. A. Varianytsia-Roshchupkina, I. Y. Pochanina, “Reconstruction of Vertical Profile of Permittivity of Layered Media which is Probed Using Vertical Differential Antenna,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-16258 (Ukraine; COOPERATION WITH NNC; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p2c7] V. Marecos, M. Solla, S. Fontul, L. Pajewski “Calibration Methods for Air Coupled Antennas - COST Action TU1208,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-18496 (Italy, Portugal, Spain; STSM OUTCOME; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p2c6] C. Warren, L. Pajewski, A. Ventura, A. Giannopoulos, “An Evaluation of Finite-Difference and Finite-Integration Time-Domain Modelling Tools for Ground Penetrating Radar Antennas,” 2016 IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 11-15 April 2016, Davos, Switzerland, doi: 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7482010 (Italy, United Kingdom)

[wg1-p2c5] C. Warren, A. Giannopoulos, N. Diamanti, P. Annan, "An extension module to embed commercially sensitive antenna models in gprMax," Proc. 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2015), 7-10 July 2015, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292623 (United Kingdom, Canada;INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; COOPERATION WITH IPC)

[wg1-p2c4] M. Pauli, W. Wiesbeck, "Integrated, Dual Orthogonal Antennas for Polarimetric Ground Penetrating Radar,"  Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-15623   (Germany; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p2c3] C. Warren, N. Chiwaridzo,  A. Giannopoulos, “Radiation characteristics of a high-frequency antenna in different dielectric environments”, pp. 1-6, Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 767-772, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970529  (United Kingdom; GPR 2014)

[wg1-p2c2] I. Giannakis, A. Giannopoulos,  L. Pajewski, “Numerical Modelling of Ground Penetrating Radar Antennas,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-1553   (Italy, United Kingdom; STSM OUTCOME; OPEN ACCESS)

[wg1-p2c1] C. Warren, A. Giannopoulos, “Characterisation and optimisation of Ground Penetrating Radar antennas,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-12971 (United Kingdom; OPEN ACCESS)