Humanitarian IED clearance in Colombia

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6953, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hendrickx, J M H ^a   Molina, A ^b   Diaz, D ^b   Grasmueck, M ^c   Moreno, H A ^a,d   Hernandez R D ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Humanitarian clearance; IED; Improvised explosive device

Indexed keywords

HUMANITARIAN CLEARANCE; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED); LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS);

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; METAL DETECTORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR IMAGING; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 44349119139     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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