Casement, Becky (2020) An Evaluation of the Penetrative Capabilities of Airborne Radar in the Study of Archeological Sites in Bavaria. Master's, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and Technical University of Munich.
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Abstract
This thesis presents the first investigation into the penetrative capabilities of high-resolution airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to map buried archaeology. As it stands, most of the research on the use of SAR in archaeological prospection has been satellite based. All of these investigations have been conducted on large scales and at comparatively low resolutions. Here, two Roman archaeological sites in Bavaria were chosen as case studies, each having been surveyed using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in the past. Through direct comparison between GPR, airborne SAR, and high-resolution DEMs, this thesis shows that airborne SAR surveys have the potential to increase the known extent of some archaeological features. It also shows that, on complex sites such as buildings or walls, high-resolution images can be produced by measuring changes in the moisture content of the overlaying soil above these walls. Airborne SAR hence has the potential - in almost all weather and solar illumination conditions - to quickly perform hitherto impossible surveys in all areas across the world, independent of how difficult they are to access.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/136711/ | ||||||||
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Document Type: | Thesis (Master's) | ||||||||
Additional Information: | Advisors: R. Linck (Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege), J. Fischer (DLR) | ||||||||
Title: | An Evaluation of the Penetrative Capabilities of Airborne Radar in the Study of Archeological Sites in Bavaria | ||||||||
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Date: | October 2020 | ||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 75 | ||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||
Keywords: | airborne SAR, ground penetrating radar (GPR), archaeology, archaeological prospection, Roman archaeological sites in Bavaria, moisture, penetrative capabilities | ||||||||
Institution: | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and Technical University of Munich | ||||||||
Department: | Department of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | ||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||
DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Aircraft SAR | ||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Microwaves and Radar Institute > SAR Technology | ||||||||
Deposited By: | Fischer, Jens | ||||||||
Deposited On: | 19 Oct 2020 08:48 | ||||||||
Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2021 18:18 |
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