| Detection of Subpixel Submerged Mine-Like Targets in Worldview-2 Multispectral Imagery Contributor(s): Naval Postgraduate School (Author) |
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ISBN: 1511613416 ISBN-13: 9781511613415 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Weapons |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.59 lbs) 108 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The utility of satellite spectral imagery is analyzed for the detection of submerged mine like objects. The targets that were utilized were sub-meter in size and emplaced in the water off the coast of La Jolla, California for a barnacle study. There were three surface targets and three submerged targets that did not exceed three meters in depth. Two meter multispectral and half meter panchromatic WorldView-2 data were used for image processing and analysis. The multispectral data proved more useful than the higher spatial resolution panchromatic data (sub-pixel vs resolved).For the multispectral data, principal component analysis was the most successful of the techniques, locating the submerged and surface targets. Attempts to use the RX-UTD anomaly detector were less successful, because of excessive false positives. This study supports the concept that commercial remote sensing is a viable option to support mine countermeasures. |