Combined seismic, radar, and induction sensor for landmine detection

Author

Scott, Waymond R., Jr. ; Kangwook Kim ; Larson, Gregg D. ; Gurbuz, Ali C. ; McClellan, James H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

1613

Abstract

An experimental system to collect co-located ground penetrating radar (GPR), electromagnetic induction (EMI), and seismic data was developed to investigate the possibility of using the sensors in a cooperative manner and to investigate the benefits of the fusion of the sensors. These sensors were chosen because they can sense a wide range of physical properties. The seismic sensor is sensitive to the differences between the mechanical properties of a landmine and the soil while the GPR is sensitive to the dielectric properties, and the EMI sensor is sensitive to the conductivity

Keywords

electric sensing devices; electromagnetic induction; geophysical signal processing; ground penetrating radar; landmine detection; remote sensing by radar; seismometers; sensor fusion; soil; EMI sensor; GPR; colocated ground penetrating radar; dielectric properties; electrical conductivity; electromagnetic induction sensor; landmine detection; mechanical properties; physical properties; radar sensor; seismic data; seismic sensor; sensitivity; sensor fusion; soil; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic interference; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Mechanical factors; Mechanical sensors; Sensor fusion; Sensor systems; Soil;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370637

Filename

1370637