Marrying Commercial-off-the-shelf and Government-off-the-shelf Equipment for Tracking Chemical Releases
Abstract
Report developed under SBIR contract for topic A99-167. The Chemical Cloud Tracking System (CTTS) will allow tracking the movement of chemical clouds in real time from a safe standoff distance. The instruments used are passive standoff chemical agent detectors already fielded. Each instrument individually can only measure the total of all the chemical in its line-of-site; the distance to the cloud is unknown. By merging data from multiple vantage points (either one instrument moving past the cloud or two or more instruments spaced so as to view the cloud from different directions) a map of the cloud location can be generated. The equipment required for the proposed system is either government- off-the-shelf or commercially available. Also, the data fusion techniques (tomography) have been demonstrated previously in the medical field. The data fusion techniques will also accept point detector readings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 13, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378457
Entities
People
- Larry Grim