Polarization differences in airborne ground penetrating radar performance for landmine detection

Traian Dogaru; Calvin Le

doi:10.1117/12.2227877

12 May 2016 Polarization differences in airborne ground penetrating radar performance for landmine detection

Traian Dogaru, Calvin Le

Proceedings Volume 9829, Radar Sensor Technology XX; 98290B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227877
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has investigated the ultra-wideband (UWB) radar technology for detection of landmines, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, for over two decades. This paper presents a phenomenological study of the radar signature of buried landmines in realistic environments and the performance of airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in detecting these targets as a function of multiple parameters: polarization, depression angle, soil type and burial depth. The investigation is based on advanced computer models developed at ARL. The analysis includes both the signature of the targets of interest and the clutter produced by rough surface ground. Based on our numerical simulations, we conclude that low depression angles and H-H polarization offer the highest target-to-clutter ratio in the SAR images and therefore the best radar performance of all the scenarios investigated.

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Traian Dogaru and Calvin Le "Polarization differences in airborne ground penetrating radar performance for landmine detection", Proc. SPIE 9829, Radar Sensor Technology XX, 98290B (12 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227877

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