| dc.description.abstract | Ground penetrating radar (GPR) processing workflows commonly rely on techniques
developed particularly for seismic reflection imaging. Although this practice has produced
an abundance of reliable results, it is limited to basic applications. As the popularity of
GPR continues to surge, a greater number of complex studies demand the use of routines
that take into account the unique properties of GPR signals. Such is the case of surveys
that examine the material properties of subsurface scatterers. The nature of these complicated
tasks have created a demand for GPR-specific processing packages flexible enough
to tackle new applications. Unlike seismic processing programs, however, GPR counterparts
often afford only a limited amount of functionalities. This work produced a new
GPR-specific processing package, dubbed IVGPR, that offers over 60 fully customizable
procedures. This program was built using the modern Fortran programming language in
combination with serial and parallel optimization practices that allow it to achieve high
levels of performance. Within its many functions, IVGPR provides the rare opportunity
to apply a three-dimensional single-component vector migration routine. This could be
of great value for advanced workflows designed to develop and test new true-amplitude
and inversion algorithms. Numerous examples given through this work demonstrate the
effectiveness of key routines in IVGPR. Additionally, three case studies show end-to-end
applications of this program to field records that produced satisfactory result well-suited
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