Passive standoff detection of chemical warfare agents on surfaces

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 31, 2004, Pages 5870-5885

  Thériault, Jean Marc ^a   Puckrin, Eldon ^a   Hancock, Jim ^b   Lecavalier, Pierre ^b   Lepage, Carmela Jackson ^b   Jensen, James O ^c  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c U States Army Soldier Biol CC AMSSB RRT Domestic Preparedness   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RADAR; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) AGENTS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; STANDOFF DETECTION;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; INTERFEROMETRY; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 9144265568     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005870     Document Type: Article

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