Coastal Area Tactical-mapping System (CATS)

Abstract

The long-term goals of the CATS project are: (1) to improve detection and identification of anti-vehicle and anti-personnel obstacles and munitions in the coastal zone, and (2) to gain a fundamental understanding of the low-energy lidar phenomenology of the earth's surface, near-shore coastal environments, and vegetation foliage. The overarching objective of the CATS project is to design, build, and demonstrate a low-power scanning airborne laser altimeter capable of continuous ground coverage, superior three-dimensional (3D) sampling, and shallow-water penetration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA521748

Entities

People

  • K. C. Slatton
  • Ramesh L. Shrestha

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Cartography
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Laser Altimeters
  • Local Oscillators
  • Microsecond Time
  • Oscillators
  • Photomultiplier Tubes
  • Point Clouds
  • Remote Sensing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy