High-Density Distributed Sensing for Chemical and Biological Defense

Abstract

A new sensing architecture is being developed for plume-based chemical and biological (CB) threat detection, mapping, and prediction. This effort seeks to provide a novel, affordable, and effective solution to spatially distributed CB detection by working in four key areas. These four areas include the analysis of performance gains offered by distributed sensing; the development of detection algorithms; the construction of an inexpensive sensor prototype; and experimentation with inexpensive, low-power deployment infrastructures. This multipronged approach to inexpensive spatially distributed sensing has led to the creation of a robust CB sensing architecture that offers many significant advantages over traditional approaches.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1014864

Entities

People

  • Adam Norige
  • Christina Rudzinski
  • Curran Schiefelbein
  • Jason Thornton

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemical Detectors
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Data Transmission
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dispersions
  • False Alarms
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Mesh Networks
  • Sensor Networks
  • Urban Areas
  • Warning Systems
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Systems Analysis and Design