Remote sensing in sea search and rescue
Abstract
A classified United States Army line scanner mounted in a Mohawk aircraft was tested for its air-sea search and rescue potential. Within the environmental parameters indicated the instrument proved effective in identifying both small boats and individual swimmers. Positive identification was made during daylight and night sorties when the location of swimmers was known and in daylight trials when their location was unknown.
- Publication:
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Remote Sensing of Environment
- Pub Date:
- August 1978
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1978RSEnv...7..265A
- Keywords:
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- Aerial Reconnaissance;
- Infrared Scanners;
- Marine Environments;
- Remote Sensors;
- Rescue Operations;
- Flir Detectors;
- Ground Truth;
- Infrared Imagery;
- Night Vision;
- Ov-1 Aircraft;
- Searching;
- Temperature Gradients