Background Aerosols and BW Detection: Problems and Suggested Solutions

Abstract

Detection of Biological Warfare (BW) Agents is a formidable task, exacerbated by the fact that some microbes can be highly infective. Thus, only a few microbes delivered to an appropriate site can cause disease. Because of this issue, detectors need to have very high sensitivity. To further complicate things, the atmosphere frequently contains abundant biological and nonbiological particles that can interfere with the detection process, thus creating false alarms. In this report, the authors briefly review the difficulties that background aerosols cause in the detection process and suggest possible ways of alleviating these difficulties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409324

Entities

People

  • Amnon Birenzvige
  • Charles Wick

Organizations

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerosols
  • Amino Acids
  • Atmospheres
  • Bacteria
  • Biological Aerosols
  • Biological Warfare
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Fungi
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Lasers
  • Microorganisms
  • Military Operations
  • Particles
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Systems Analysis and Design