This paper presents results obtained from the acquisition and processing of GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) data recorded on the water surface of the Taquari River in the Pantanal wetland. This unconventional mode of use of the GPR method has shown to be quite viable and had allowed us to set some optimal parameters for GPR data acquisition on water surface, acting as a guiding tool for future GPR works in similar regions. The obtained GPR sections have allowed the clear identification of some physiographic structures of the riverbed, in addition to primary reflections and events corresponding to multiple reflections. We have applied the Wiener-Levinson predictive deconvolution (PD) method to remove the multiple reflections present in the GPR sections. PD method has been successfully used in the petroleum industry for marine seismic data processing. PD in the mono and multichannel modes were applied on three GPR sections. The deconvolved sections have demonstrated that the attenuation of the multiple reflections in the radargrams has been more efficient in regions where no abrupt variations occur in the riverbed and the thickness of the water surface is greater than two meters. Even though this work has a local feature, the promising results obtained with the Wiener-Levinson PD method, both mono and multichannel, suggest the employment of this methodology as an effective tool in the removal of multiple reflections present in GPR data acquired on the surface of rivers and lakes.
GPR - Ground Penetrating Radar; Multiple reflections; Deconvolution predictive; Wiener-Levinson filters; Taquari River; Pantanal wetland
