Phenomenological investigations for understanding spectral and polarimetric signatures of landmines

J. Michael Cathcart; Boris Mizaikoff; Thomas Orlando; Robert D. Bock; Manfred Karlowatz; Ricardo Campbell

doi:10.1117/12.547515

21 September 2004 Phenomenological investigations for understanding spectral and polarimetric signatures of landmines

J. Michael Cathcart, Boris Mizaikoff, Thomas Orlando, Robert D. Bock, Manfred Karlowatz, Ricardo Campbell

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.547515
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Georgia Tech is in the second year of a Multi-University Research Initiative designed to study the impact of environmental processes on optical signatures. In particular, this program is conducting phenomenological studies on hyperspectral and polarimetric signatures of various target classes in the visible and infrared wavebands. Initial research studies have focused on landmines and the impact of various environmental factors and processes (e.g., subsurface processes) on the resultant spectral infrared signatures. A variety of approaches have been employed in this research to gain a better understanding of the impact of the environment on the spectral and polarimetric characteristics of soil and landmine signatures. These approaches include theoretical analyses, physics-based signature modeling, field measurements, and laboratory studies. Results from these studies will be presented that underscore the importance of incorporating the subsurface processes into the signature analyses. The results of these analyses have been propagated to algorithm developers to permit the creation of more robust processing techniques based on these physical analyses and models. This paper will present an overview of the program, a review of the research investigations initiated over the past year, and a summary of the results from these initial investigations.

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J. Michael Cathcart, Boris Mizaikoff, Thomas Orlando, Robert D. Bock, Manfred Karlowatz, and Ricardo Campbell "Phenomenological investigations for understanding spectral and polarimetric signatures of landmines", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.547515

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