Presentation 2018-01-25
Under Seawater Prospecting using Ground Penetrating Radar and Analysis of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Seawater using FDTD Method with GPU
Jun Sonoda,
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Abstract(in English) The electromagnetic wave (EM) do not propagate in the seawater because of high conductivity. In recent, the ultrasonic wave is widely used in the sea, such as the fish-finder, the side-scan sonar, and so on. We have used the ground penetrating radar (GPR) by several hundred MHz to search missing persons and rubbers in the sea after the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan earthquake. In this study, we have studied the under seawater prospecting using 350/400 MHz GPR in Hiroura Bay, Natori city, in Isohama fisher port, and off the coast of Sakamoto, Yamamoto town, Miyagi prefecture. At first, frequency characteristics of complex permittivity of several seawater samples by the time domain reflectometry (TDR), and conductivity in the depth of seawater by the conductivity temperature depth profiler (CTD) have been shown. Also, it is shown that the reflected wave from several objects at the about 10 meters depth has been observed using the 350 MHz GPR. Finally, the EM wave propagation in the seawater has been analyzed using the FDTD method with the graphics processing unit (GPU).
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Keyword(in English) Ground penetrating radar / EM wave propagation in seawater / FDTD / TDR / CTD / GPU
Paper # SANE2017-93
Date of Issue 2018-01-18 (SANE)

Conference Information
Committee SANE
Conference Date 2018/1/25(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Positioning, navigation, Radar and general
Chair Sonosuke Fukushima(ENRI)
Vice Chair Toshifumi Moriyama(Nagasaki Univ.) / Akitsugu Nadai(NICT)
Secretary Toshifumi Moriyama(Mitsubishi Electric) / Akitsugu Nadai(ENRI)
Assistant Manabu Akita(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Ryo Natsuaki(Univ. of Tokyo)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Under Seawater Prospecting using Ground Penetrating Radar and Analysis of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Seawater using FDTD Method with GPU
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Ground penetrating radar
Keyword(2) EM wave propagation in seawater
Keyword(3) FDTD
Keyword(4) TDR
Keyword(5) CTD
Keyword(6) GPU
1st Author's Name Jun Sonoda
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Technology, Sendai College(NIT, Sendai)
Date 2018-01-25
Paper # SANE2017-93
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) SANE-403
Page pp.pp.41-46(SANE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-01-18 (SANE)