Evaluation of EarthRadar unexploded ordnance testing at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia

Author

Tuley, M.T. ; Ralston, J.M. ; Rotondo, F.S. ; Andrews, A.M. ; Rosen, E.M.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Defense Anal., Alexandria, VA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

12

Abstract

Previously, K. Bakhtar and E. Sagal [ibid. vol. 17, pp. 4-11, 2002] made remarkable claims for the performance of the Bakhtar Associates ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in detecting and classifying buried unexploded ordnance (UXO). In this article, we report the results of the series of blind tests on the EarthRadar carried out during the Fall of 2000 and Spring of 2001, which led to very different conclusions regarding the radar´s performance. The contents of this article are excerpted from the final report on the testing, prepared by the Institute for Defense Analyses

Keywords

buried object detection; military radar; probability; radar clutter; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; weapons; EarthRadar testing; blind tests; buried unexploded ordnance; clutter object; diffuse scatter; geolocation; ground-penetrating radar; image formation; mortar rounds; probability of response; projectiles; submunitions; target detection; unexploded ordnance testing; Aerospace and electronic systems; Aerospace testing; Calibration; Detectors; Ground penetrating radar; Low earth orbit satellites; Object detection; Performance analysis; Radar detection; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.1001986

Filename

1001986