Ultra-wide-band synthetic-aperture radar for mine-field detection

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-33

  Carin, Lawrence ^a   Geng, Norbert ^a   McClure, Mark ^a,c   Sichina, Jeffrey ^b   Nguyen, Lam ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MINES; POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

MINE FIELD DETECTION; POLARIMETRIC RADAR; RADAR APPLICATIONS; RADAR DETECTION; ULTRA WIDE BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0032632402     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.755021     Document Type: Article

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