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Performance analysis for radar detection of buried anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines

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Sullivan, A; Geng, N; Carin, L; Nguyen, L; Sichina, J
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
January 1, 1999

A full-wave model is developed for electromagnetic scattering from buried and surface land mines (both conducting and plastic), taking rigorous account of the lossy, dispersive and potentially layered properties of soil. The (polarimetric) theoretical results are confirmed via synthetic aperture radar (SAR) measurements, performed using the US Army Research Laboratory's BoomSAR, with which fully polarimetric ultra-wideband (50-1200 MHz) SAR imagery is produced. The theoretical model is used to predict wave phenomenology in various environments (beyond the limited range of parameters that can be examined experimentally). Since the efficacy of radar-based subsurface sensing depends strongly on the soil properties, we perform a parametric study of the dependence of such on the target RCS and on possible land-mine resonances.

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Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

3710

Issue

II

Start / End Page

1043 / 1050

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Sullivan, A., Geng, N., Carin, L., Nguyen, L., & Sichina, J. (1999). Performance analysis for radar detection of buried anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3710(II), 1043–1050.
Sullivan, A., N. Geng, L. Carin, L. Nguyen, and J. Sichina. “Performance analysis for radar detection of buried anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 3710, no. II (January 1, 1999): 1043–50.
Sullivan A, Geng N, Carin L, Nguyen L, Sichina J. Performance analysis for radar detection of buried anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1999 Jan 1;3710(II):1043–50.
Sullivan, A., et al. “Performance analysis for radar detection of buried anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 3710, no. II, Jan. 1999, pp. 1043–50.
Sullivan A, Geng N, Carin L, Nguyen L, Sichina J. Performance analysis for radar detection of buried anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1999 Jan 1;3710(II):1043–1050.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

3710

Issue

II

Start / End Page

1043 / 1050

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering