TARGET CHARACTERIZATION IN 3D USING INFRARED LIDAR

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:777754

FOY, B; MCVEY, B; PETRIN, R; TIEE, J; WILSON, C

We report examples of the use of a scanning tunable CO{sub 2} laser lidar system in the 9-11 {micro}m region to construct images of vegetation and rocks at ranges of up to 5 km from the instrument. Range information is combined with horizontal and vertical distances to yield an image with three spatial dimensions simultaneous with the classification of target type. Object classification is made possible by the distinct spectral signatures of both natural and man-made objects. Several multivariate statistical methods are used to illustrate the degree of discrimination possible among the natural variability of objects in both spectral shape and amplitude.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 777754
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-01-1995; TRN: AH200123%%66
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
CLASSIFICATION
OPTICAL RADAR
PLANTS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
PATTERN RECOGNITION
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
REMOTE SENSING