Impact of soil water content on landmine detection using radar and thermal infrared sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4394, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 409-416

  Hong, Sung Ho ^a   Miller, Tim ^a   Tobin, Harold ^a   Borchers, Brian ^a   Hendrickx, Jan M H ^a   Lensen, Henk ^b   Schwering, Piet ^b   Baertlein, Brian ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Thermal infrared sensor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; SOILS; WATER;

THERMAL INFRARED SENSORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 0035759190     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445492     Document Type: Article

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