Present state of the art in ground-penetrating radars for mine detection

Thomas R. Witten

doi:10.1117/12.324230

4 September 1998 Present state of the art in ground-penetrating radars for mine detection

Thomas R. Witten

Proceedings Volume 3392, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324230
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The U.S. Army has under development a number of systems to detect buried metallic and nonmetallic land mines. Almost all of these systems include a ground penetrating radar (GPR). These systems may be handheld or vehicle mounted and may be designed for close in or for standoff detection. A consensus has not been reached regarding many important system parameters. A discussion of the tradeoffs involving waveform, frequency, bandwidth, downlook angle, scanning methods, polarization, and spatial resolution will be presented. The usefulness of special techniques such as target resonances, synthetic aperture, and multiple polarizations will be discussed. The potential of GPR will be compared with competing sensors. A brief overview of a diverse set of GPR sensors will be presented.

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Thomas R. Witten "Present state of the art in ground-penetrating radars for mine detection", Proc. SPIE 3392, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets III, (4 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324230

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