Detection of foliage-obscured vehicle using a multiwavelength polarimetric lidar

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Abstract

Foliage obscured man-made targets detection and identification is of great interest to many applications. In this paper, the backscattered laser signals from a multiwavelength polarimetric lidar were used to detect a vehicle hidden inside a vegetated area. The polarimetric reflectance data from the lidar at two separate laser wavelengths at 1064 nm and 532 nm revealed distinct target characteristics from both the vehicle and the vegetation. The results from this case study demonstrated the validity of the proposed lidar detection technique. Furthermore, the results could potentially lead to a lidar detection and identification technique for a wide variety of foliage-obscured man-made targets under various application scenarios.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Detection of foliage-obscured vehicle using a multiwavelength polarimetric lidar
DOI 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423352
Year Published 2008
Language English
Publisher IEEE
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description 4 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Conference publication
Larger Work Title International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
First page 2503
Last page 2506
Conference Title 2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2007
Conference Location Barcelona, Spain
Conference Date Jun 23-28, 2007
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