Trends in microwave spectroscopy for the detection of chemical agents

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 656-664

  Bousquet, Robert R ^a   Chu, Pamela M ^a   DaBell, Ryan S ^b   Grabow, Jens Uwe ^c   Suenram, Richard D ^a  

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

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical agent detection; Microwave spectral database; Microwave spectroscopy for quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PROCESS CONTROL; RESONATORS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTION; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS (CWA); MICROWAVE SPECTRAL DATABASE; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 23844548282     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.851000     Document Type: Article

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