Fusion of Information from Optical, Thermal, Multispectral Imagery and Geologic/Topographic Products to Detect Underground Detonations. Phase 1
Abstract
As the nuclear family of countries continues to expand, the need for close monitoring of worldwide test activities becomes an intriguing technical challenge. Phase I of this study focuses on those unclassified and classified imaging sensor products that can now, or may soon, be brought to bear on the monitoring problem in order to determine the feasibility of using such data to supplement or answer specific requirements. Since the products may be acquired on hardcopy (film) or softcopy (digital tapes), means to integrate them were investigated. This required that the digitizing of film and paper products be analyzed in terms of timeliness and fidelity as well as means to reproduce the derived digital results on high quality hardcopy. Several imaging sensor products were analyzed independently and jointly to document their unique characteristics and to assess their utility for supporting nuclear test monitoring. Those techniques that showed considerable promise were the precise superpositioning of data from multiple sources, the stereoscopic viewing of multiple mission and sensor products, and three-dimensional mapping of multiple image sets. Keywords: Digital image processing, Radar imagery, Thermal imagery.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 06, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA220038
Entities
People
- Carroll Lucas