Ground Penetrating Radar

For the past fifty years, the ESL has carried out extensive research into Ground Penetrating Radars (GPR) for detecting and identifying buried targets such as:

• anti-tank (A-T) mines,
• plastic pipe lines, and
• tunnels, among others.

Techniques developed at the ESL for detecting A-T mines have been extended and applied successfully by the British in the Falklands.

The ESL is currently developing new sensors and new methods for sub-surface object sensing using active and passive microwave and IR sensors, with emphasis on detection and identification of:

• anti-personnel mines and
• unexploded ordnance.

Both represent major problems in today's world, and continued research will undoubtedly require multi-discipline expertise in areas such as signal processing, civil engineering, and numerical modeling.

Visit the ESL GPR webpage for more information.