Microwave radiometry for humanitarian demining: Experimental results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4742, Issue I, 2002, Pages 303-313

  Johnson, J T ^a   Kim, H ^a   Wiggins, D R ^a   Cheon, Y ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Landmine detection; Microwave radiometry; Thermal emission

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVES;

HUMANITARIAN DEMINING;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0036442159     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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