Microwave radiometry for humanitarian demining: experimental results

Joel Tidmore Johnson; Hyunjin Kim; David Randolph Wiggins; Yonghun Cheon

doi:10.1117/12.479101

13 August 2002 Microwave radiometry for humanitarian demining: experimental results

Joel Tidmore Johnson, Hyunjin Kim, David Randolph Wiggins, Yonghun Cheon

Proceedings Volume 4742, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479101
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Previous modeling studies have indicated that a multi-frequency radiometer could prove advantageous for humanitarian demining due to the oscillatory patterns in brightness temperature versus frequency that would be observed in the presence of a sub-surface target. Initial experimental results are reported in this paper from a multi-frequency radiometer (MFRAD) system operating at 19 frequencies in the 2.1-6.5 GHz band. The basic design of MFRAD is reviewed, and the calibration and noise background removal procedures discussed. Experimental results with sub-surface metallic and styrofoam targets are then provided that demonstrate the predicted oscillatory behavior. An FFT-based detection algorithm is also described and applied to measured data. Further plans for experiments and tests with this system are also detailed.

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Joel Tidmore Johnson, Hyunjin Kim, David Randolph Wiggins, and Yonghun Cheon "Microwave radiometry for humanitarian demining: experimental results", Proc. SPIE 4742, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VII, (13 August 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479101

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