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Multi-aspect detection of surface and shallow-buried unexploded ordnance via ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar

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Dong, Y; Runkle, PR; Carin, L; Damarla, R; Sullivan, A; Ressler, MA; Sichina, J
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
June 1, 2001

An ultra-wideband (UWB) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is investigated for the detection of former bombing ranges, littered by unexploded ordnance (UXO). The objective is detection of a high enough percentage of surface and shallow-buried UXO, with a low enough false-alarm rate, such that a former range can be detected. The physics of UWB SAR scattering is exploited in the context of a hidden Markov model (HMM), which explicitly accounts for the multiple aspects at which a SAR system views a given target. The HMM is trained on computed data, using SAR imagery synthesized via a validated physical-optics solution. The performance of the HMM is demonstrated by performing testing on measured UWB SAR data for many surface and shallow UXO buried in soil in the vicinity of naturally occurring clutter.

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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

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ISSN

0196-2892

Publication Date

June 1, 2001

Volume

39

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1259 / 1270

Related Subject Headings

  • Geological & Geomatics Engineering
  • 40 Engineering
  • 37 Earth sciences
  • 0909 Geomatic Engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0404 Geophysics
 

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Dong, Y., Runkle, P. R., Carin, L., Damarla, R., Sullivan, A., Ressler, M. A., & Sichina, J. (2001). Multi-aspect detection of surface and shallow-buried unexploded ordnance via ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(6), 1259–1270. https://doi.org/10.1109/36.927448
Dong, Y., P. R. Runkle, L. Carin, R. Damarla, A. Sullivan, M. A. Ressler, and J. Sichina. “Multi-aspect detection of surface and shallow-buried unexploded ordnance via ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar.” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 39, no. 6 (June 1, 2001): 1259–70. https://doi.org/10.1109/36.927448.
Dong Y, Runkle PR, Carin L, Damarla R, Sullivan A, Ressler MA, et al. Multi-aspect detection of surface and shallow-buried unexploded ordnance via ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 2001 Jun 1;39(6):1259–70.
Dong, Y., et al. “Multi-aspect detection of surface and shallow-buried unexploded ordnance via ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar.” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 39, no. 6, June 2001, pp. 1259–70. Scopus, doi:10.1109/36.927448.
Dong Y, Runkle PR, Carin L, Damarla R, Sullivan A, Ressler MA, Sichina J. Multi-aspect detection of surface and shallow-buried unexploded ordnance via ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 2001 Jun 1;39(6):1259–1270.

Published In

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

DOI

ISSN

0196-2892

Publication Date

June 1, 2001

Volume

39

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1259 / 1270

Related Subject Headings

  • Geological & Geomatics Engineering
  • 40 Engineering
  • 37 Earth sciences
  • 0909 Geomatic Engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0404 Geophysics