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  • ISSN: 1569-4445
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Abstract

ABSTRACT

High‐frequency electromagnetic‐wave propagation phenomena associated with borehole georadar experiments are complex. To improve our understanding of the governing physical processes and radiative properties of borehole georadar antenna systems, we have developed a modelling tool based on a finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) solution of Maxwell's equations in cylindrical coordinates. The computational domain is bounded by cylindrical symmetry conditions along the left edge of the model and uniaxial perfectly matched layer (UPML) absorbing boundary conditions along the top, bottom and right model edges. An accurate and efficient grid‐refinement technique allows us to account for detailed aspects of borehole georadar antenna systems, slim boreholes and materials with very high dielectric permittivities, such as water. Numerical experiments reveal that the radiation patterns of finite‐size Wu–King‐type antennae and infinitesimal electric dipoles in dry boreholes differ only slightly from the analytic solution of an infinitesimal electric dipole in a homogeneous full‐space. In contrast, there are substantial differences between the radiation patterns of antennae placed in water‐filled boreholes and their analytic full‐space equivalents without boreholes. The effects of placing the antennae in air‐ and water‐filled boreholes are explored using data acquired in crystalline rock and alluvial sediments, respectively. In both cases, simulations based on realistic transmitter antennae located in boreholes and spatially corrected receiver radiation patterns provide better agreement between the observed and modelled data than simulations based on infinitesimal transmitter and receiver dipoles.

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Realistic FDTD modelling of borehole georadar antenna radiation: methodolgy and application
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