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Stennis
Space Center
1991 Phase II
Radar Remote
Detection System for Sub-Surface Features
Barringer
Patents, Inc.
Golden, CO
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INNOVATION
Specialized radar:
distinguishes between surface and sub-surface backscatter
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Radar Remote System for Sub-Surface
Features
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Initial testing in vehicle: system could distinguish between
moisture variations and ground roughness
- Demonstrated potential for satellite and airborne mapping of
shallow sub-surface soil conditions and artifacts
- Simulations have predicted that system will be very sensitive
to sub-surface objects such as anti-personnel mines
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Multi-platform use: ground vehicle,
aircraft, helicopter, satellite
- Potential incorporation of technique in a low-cost, hand- held
multi-sensor product for detecting non-metallic anti- personnel
mines
- Barringer recently received a $6.5M contract from major mining
concern for new airborne exploration technology
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Aircraft and satellite surveying
of soil and vegetation
moisture in agricultural areas
- Remote identification and mapping
of salinity or toxic contaminants in soils
- Detection and mapping of buried
ordnance
- Potential use in mapping of
oil slicks
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