Vehicle movement patterns and vegetative impacts during military training exercises

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-95

  Haugen, Liv B ^a   Ayers, Paul D ^b   Anderson, Alan B ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; GPS; Off road; Turning radius; Vegetation impacts; Vehicle tracking; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; TRACKING (POSITION); VEGETATION;

MILITARY TRAINING; VEGETATIVE IMPACTS;

MILITARY OPERATIONS;

EID: 0346151208     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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