Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has emerged as an effective tool for estimating active layer thickness (ALT) and volumetric water content (VWC) within the active layer. In August 2013, we conducted a series of GPR and probing surveys using a 500 MHz antenna and metallic probe around Barrow, Alaska. W...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jafarov, E. E., Parsekian, A. D., Schaefer, K., Liu, L., Chen, A. C., Panda, S. K., Zhang, T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Data Papers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29610660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.49
_version_ 1783310007107846144
author Jafarov, E. E.
Parsekian, A. D.
Schaefer, K.
Liu, L.
Chen, A. C.
Panda, S. K.
Zhang, T.
author_facet Jafarov, E. E.
Parsekian, A. D.
Schaefer, K.
Liu, L.
Chen, A. C.
Panda, S. K.
Zhang, T.
author_sort Jafarov, E. E.
collection PubMed
description Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has emerged as an effective tool for estimating active layer thickness (ALT) and volumetric water content (VWC) within the active layer. In August 2013, we conducted a series of GPR and probing surveys using a 500 MHz antenna and metallic probe around Barrow, Alaska. We collected about 15 km of GPR data and 1.5 km of probing data. Here, we describe the GPR data processing workflow from raw GPR data to the estimated ALT and VWC. We include the corresponding uncertainties for each measured and estimated parameter. The estimated average GPR‐derived ALT was 41 cm, with a standard deviation of 9 cm. The average probed ALT was 40 cm, with a standard deviation of 12 cm. The average GPR‐derived VWC was 0.65, with a standard deviation of 0.14.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5873252
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2018
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-58732522018-03-31 Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska Jafarov, E. E. Parsekian, A. D. Schaefer, K. Liu, L. Chen, A. C. Panda, S. K. Zhang, T. Geosci Data J Data Papers Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has emerged as an effective tool for estimating active layer thickness (ALT) and volumetric water content (VWC) within the active layer. In August 2013, we conducted a series of GPR and probing surveys using a 500 MHz antenna and metallic probe around Barrow, Alaska. We collected about 15 km of GPR data and 1.5 km of probing data. Here, we describe the GPR data processing workflow from raw GPR data to the estimated ALT and VWC. We include the corresponding uncertainties for each measured and estimated parameter. The estimated average GPR‐derived ALT was 41 cm, with a standard deviation of 9 cm. The average probed ALT was 40 cm, with a standard deviation of 12 cm. The average GPR‐derived VWC was 0.65, with a standard deviation of 0.14. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-01-09 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5873252/ /pubmed/29610660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.49 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Geoscience Data Journal published by Royal Meteorological Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Data Papers
Jafarov, E. E.
Parsekian, A. D.
Schaefer, K.
Liu, L.
Chen, A. C.
Panda, S. K.
Zhang, T.
Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska
title Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska
title_full Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska
title_fullStr Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska
title_full_unstemmed Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska
title_short Estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in Barrow, Alaska
title_sort estimating active layer thickness and volumetric water content from ground penetrating radar measurements in barrow, alaska
topic Data Papers
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29610660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.49
work_keys_str_mv AT jafarovee estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska
AT parsekianad estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska
AT schaeferk estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska
AT liul estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska
AT chenac estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska
AT pandask estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska
AT zhangt estimatingactivelayerthicknessandvolumetricwatercontentfromgroundpenetratingradarmeasurementsinbarrowalaska

Ejemplares similares