Effects of thin metal outer case and top air gap on thermal IR images of buried antitank and antipersonnel land mines

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-135

  Khanafer, Khalil ^a   Vafai, Kambiz ^a   Baertlein, Brian A ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind mine signature; Burried mines; Flat soil surface; Infrared imaging signature; Thin metal outer case; Top air gap; Very shallow buried mine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVES; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOILS; TANKS (MILITARY); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTIPERSONNEL LAND MINES; BURIED ANTITANK; BURIED MINES; MINE IMAGING DETECTION; THERMAL SIGNATURE; TIME DOMAIN TREATMENT METHOD;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0037241828     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.807755     Document Type: Article

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