Performance metrics for state-of-the-art airborne magnetic and electromagnetic systems for mapping and detection of unexploded ordnance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7664, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Doll, William E ^a   Bell, David T ^a   Gamey, T Jeffrey ^a   Beard, Les P ^a   Sheehan, Jacob R ^a   Norton, Jeannemarie ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne; detection; electromagnetic; geophysics; magnetic; unexploded ordnance; UXO; wide area assessment

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC; MAGNETIC; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE; UXO; WIDE AREA;

BASALT; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; IRON; MAGNETOMETERS; MAPPING; ORDNANCE; PROJECTILES; SURVEYS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 79957975313     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.849748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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