Environmental sensing of chemical and biological warfare agents in the THz region

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 479-489

  Samuels, Alan C ^a   Woolard, Dwight L ^b   Globus, Tatiana ^c   Gelmont, Boris ^c   Browns, Elliott R ^d   Jensen, Jambs O ^a   Suenram, Richard ^e   Loerop, William R ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological warfare agent detection; Chemical warfare agent detection; Microwave spectroscopy; Millimeter waves; Remote sensing; Spectral prediction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT DETECTION; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT DETECTION; SPECTRAL PREDICTION;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL WARFARE;

EID: 1542474584     PISSN: 01291564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129156402001198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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