Accession Number:

AD0744220

Title:

Identifying Soil Parameters with an Infrared Spectrophotometer,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS

Personal Author(s):

• Shockley,W. G.
• Knight,S. J.
• Lipscomb,E. B.

Report Date:

1963-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

The Terrain Analyzer Project describes laboratory studies using infrared sensors in order to fingerprint soil parameters with applications to remote sensing of the trafficability of terrain.

Descriptors:

• (*SOILS
• INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY)
• (*TERRAIN
• TRAFFICABILITY)
• AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
• GRAIN SIZE
• MOISTURE
• DENSITY
• SPECTRUM SIGNATURES
• MAPPING

Subject Categories:

• Soil Mechanics
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE