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4. Examples of ULB radar applications
4.1 Locating objects buried or hidden by vegetation
More than 120 million anti-personnel and anti-tank mines are deployed worldwide in some 70 countries. There are some 675 different types of mine. Whatever their type, they continue to kill or seriously injure civilians decades after conflicts have ended, and severely handicap the economic and social development of the regions they affect.
The main difficulty for mine clearance is locating these mines, which are made of a variety of materials, can take very different shapes and are concealed in very disparate environments (soil, vegetation, etc.). Detection systems need to be fast because of the large areas to be covered, accurate in terms of location, and reliable in terms of detection...
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Bibliography
Websites
Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), Swiss Confederation, Radar applications in everyday life http://www.bakom.admin.ch/dokumentation/Newsletter/
Events
EuRAD Congress, held every year during the EuMW European Microwave Congress http://www.eumweek.com
EuCAP European Congress on Antennas and Propagation, held annually http://www.eucap2013.org
UWSIS international congress on ultra-wideband and ultra-short...
Directories
Organizations – Federations – Associations(non-exhaustive list)
GDR ONDES http://www.gdr-ondes.lss.supelec.fr
Laboratories – Design offices – Schools – Research centers (non-exhaustive list)
Electronics, Antennas and Telecommunications Laboratory – LEAT, Unité mixte de recherche Université de Nice-Sophia...
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