Chemical sensing thresholds for mine detection dogs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4742, Issue II, 2002, Pages 532-543

  Phelan, James M ^a   Barnett, James L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensing; Landmine detection; Mine detection dogs; Soil physics; Vapor sensing thresholds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; EXTRAPOLATION; ODORS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SOILS;

MINE DETECTION;

MINING ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036438196     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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