Reconstruction from antenna-transformed radar data using a time-domain reconstruction method

This paper discusses the reconstruction of the subsurface from radar data using a time-domain reconstruction method. Before the reconstruction is conducted, data preprocessing is carried out. The preprocessing transforms measured data transmitted and received by 3-D dipole antennas into equivalent data excited and received by 3-D ideal electric dipoles and, then, into equivalent data excited and received by 2-D ideal electric dipoles. Distributions of permittivity, conductivity, and permeability are reconstructed from the preprocessed data by a 2-D forward-backward time-stepping waveform inverse scattering technique. Two 2-D examples of permittivity and conductivity reconstruction from synthetic noisy and field borehole radar data are demonstrated to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.