Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar

A. M. Alani; L. Bianchini Ciampoli; L. Lantini; F. Tosti; A. Benedetto

doi:10.1109/ICGPR.2018.8441535

Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar

A. M. Alani
, L. Bianchini Ciampoli
, L. Lantini
, F. Tosti
, A. Benedetto

Faculty of Engineering, Computing & the Environment

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Abstract

This study reports a demonstration of the ground penetrating radar (GPR) potential in health monitoring of tree roots. The main aim of the research was to provide effective and high-resolution mapping of tree root systems. To this purpose, a dedicated data processing methodology, based on two main chronological stages, was developed. First, an algorithm was proposed to filter out the data from noise-related information and to enhance deep reflections from attenuated targets. At a later stage, a multi-step algorithm connecting the identified targets (i.e. the vertices of the reflection hyperbolas) in a three-dimensional environment was created. To demonstrate the viability of the proposed methodology, the soils around two different tree species (i.e. fir and oak trees) were investigated using a ground-coupled multi-frequency GPR system equipped with 600 MHz and 1600 MHz central frequency antennas. The method has allowed to identify distinctive features in terms of shallow (i.e. within the first 25 cm from the soil surface) and deep (i.e. lower than 25 cm from the soil surface) tree root systems for different species of trees.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	This work was supported by the Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust, The Schroder Foundation, Cazenove Charitable Trust, Ernest Cook Trust, Sir Henry Keswick, Ian Bond, P. F. Charitable Trust, Prospect Investment Management Limited, The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust, The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, The Sackler Trust, The Tanlaw Foundation, and The Wyfold Charitable Trust. Published in 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) (2018). Piscataway : IEEE. ISBN: 9781538657775, ISSN: 2474-3844.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2018.8441535
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018

Bibliographical note

Note: This work was supported by the Lord
Faringdon Charitable Trust, The Schroder Foundation,
Cazenove Charitable Trust, Ernest Cook Trust, Sir Henry
Keswick, Ian Bond, P. F. Charitable Trust, Prospect Investment
Management Limited, The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust, The
John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, The Sackler Trust, The
Tanlaw Foundation, and The Wyfold Charitable Trust.

Published in 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) (2018). Piscataway : IEEE. ISBN: 9781538657775, ISSN: 2474-3844.

Keywords

tree health monitoring
ground penetrating radar (GPR)
tree root system
data processing methodology
Civil engineering

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Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar
Alani, A. M., Ciampoli, L. B., Lantini, L., Tosti, F. & Benedetto, A., Jun 2018.
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Alani, A. M., Ciampoli, L. B., Lantini, L., Tosti, F., & Benedetto, A. (2018). Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar. In This work was supported by the Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust, The Schroder Foundation, Cazenove Charitable Trust, Ernest Cook Trust, Sir Henry Keswick, Ian Bond, P. F. Charitable Trust, Prospect Investment Management Limited, The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust, The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, The Sackler Trust, The Tanlaw Foundation, and The Wyfold Charitable Trust. Published in 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) (2018). Piscataway : IEEE. ISBN: 9781538657775, ISSN: 2474-3844. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2018.8441535

Alani, A. M. ; Ciampoli, L. Bianchini ; Lantini, L. et al. / Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar. This work was supported by the Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust, The Schroder Foundation, Cazenove Charitable Trust, Ernest Cook Trust, Sir Henry Keswick, Ian Bond, P. F. Charitable Trust, Prospect Investment Management Limited, The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust, The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, The Sackler Trust, The Tanlaw Foundation, and The Wyfold Charitable Trust. Published in 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) (2018). Piscataway : IEEE. ISBN: 9781538657775, ISSN: 2474-3844.. 2018.

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Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar

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