Detonation discrimination techniques using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer system and a near-infrared focal plane array

Anthony N. Dills; Kevin Gross; Glen P. Perram

doi:10.1117/12.486753

5 September 2003 Detonation discrimination techniques using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer system and a near-infrared focal plane array

Anthony N. Dills, Kevin Gross, Glen P. Perram

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Proceedings Volume 5075, Targets and Backgrounds IX: Characterization and Representation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486753
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

To investigate the possibility of battlespace characterization, including the ability to classify munitions type and size, experimental data has been collected remotely from ground-based sensors, processed, and analyzed for several conventional munitions. The spectral, temporal and spatial infrared signatures from bomb detonations were simultaneously recorded using a Bomem MR157 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer and an Indigo Systems Alpha Near-Infrared camera. Three different high explosive materials at three different quantities each were examined in one series of field studies. The FTIR spectra were recorded at 4 cm^-1 spectral resolution and 123-ms temporal resolution using both HgCdTd (500-6000 cm^-1) and InSb (1800-6000 cm^-1) detectors. Novel key features have been identified that will aid in discriminating various types and sizes of flashes. These features include spectral dependent projections of one event's temporal data onto another event's temporal data, time dependence of the fireball size, ratios of specific integrated bands, and spectral dependence of temporal fit constants. Using Fisher discrimination and principal component techniques these features are projected onto a line that maximizes the differences in the classes of flashes and then identify the Bayesian decision boundaries for classification.

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Anthony N. Dills, Kevin Gross, and Glen P. Perram "Detonation discrimination techniques using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer system and a near-infrared focal plane array", Proc. SPIE 5075, Targets and Backgrounds IX: Characterization and Representation, (5 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486753

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