Small-scale variability of electromagnetic soil properties and their influence on landmine detection: How to measure, how to analyse, and how to interpret?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7303, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Igel, Jan ^a   Preetz, Holger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric conductivity; FD calculation; Geostatistics; GPR; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Magnetic susceptibility; Metal detector MD; Permittivity; Soil variability

Indexed keywords

FD CALCULATION; GEOSTATISTICS; GPR; GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR; LANDMINE DETECTION; SOIL VARIABILITY;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EXPLOSIVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUNDWATER; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METAL DETECTORS; MINES; MINING; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; SENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TARGETS; TRACKING RADAR; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 69649099756     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.819392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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