Evaluation of Seismic Noise for Landmine Detection System Development

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5089, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 653-664

  Martin, James S ^a   Larson, Gregg D ^a   Scott Jr , Waymond R ^b   McCall II, George S ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Field testing; Landmine; Mine detection; Seismic waves; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

LANDMINE DETECTION SYSTEM;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242443332     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.487900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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