Effects of soil magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity on electromagnetic detection of landmines

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5415, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 658-664

  Reidy, Denis Michael ^a   Walls, Richard ^a   Lee, Christine ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Landmines; Magnetic susceptibility; Probability of detection; Soils

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IONIC COMPONENTS; LANDMINES; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION;

DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADAR;

SOILS;

EID: 10044275538     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.541515     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. International Pilot Project for Technology Co-operation (IPPTC) Final Report: A multi-national technical evaluation of commercial off the shelf metal detectors in the context of humanitarian demining. Published, on behalf of the participants, by the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, April 2001.
2. American Geological Institute, Dictionary of Geological Terms, Revised Edition. Anchor Press, New York, 1976, p. 249.
3. Reidy, D.M., K. Breiter, C. Lee, COL G. Zahaczewsky G. (ret.), H. Bertrand, "Field testing metal detectors in mine-afflicted countries, " Proceedings of the SAGEEP Conference, 2002, Las Vegas, NV.
4. Walls, R., D.M. Reidy, C. Lee, "Baseline signature data for multisensor (EM/GPR) algorithmic development," Proceedings of the SPIE Defense and Security Conference, 12-16 April 2004, Orlando, FL USA, in press.