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University of Virginia
Gabriel LauferUniversity of Virginia, Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Passive Stand-Off Detection of Chemicals
Acknowledgement: Support by the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology and Avir, LLC
University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Properties of sensors for domestic defense applications
Sensitivity existing passive remote sensors, Fast (0.1-1 sec), Multi-chemical (weapon agents + simulants), Robust – few (or no) moving parts, no fine
alignment, Simple to operate, Output easy to interpret, Low cost (low level of approval), Low energy (commercially available battery), Imaging capabilities (desirable).
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Prototype of a single-chemical DAR
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University of Virginia Remote Sensing Experiment
Sponsors: NSROC, NASA, VSGC, SEAS, VEF, MAE.
Previous mission launched from NASA Wallops Island on an Orion single stage sounding rocket.
Future experiment: video camera, and five photodiodes for ocean chlorophyll measurements
Gas filter correlation radiometer for measurement of methane in the stratosphere
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Mostly undergraduate project, 18 students + 1 grad student in AY 2001-02, over 60 during the last 4 years.Interdisciplinary, including remote sensing, telemetry, space technology, mechanical design, system integration. (Shown L/R: Gaby Laufer, Jeff Dawson and Sarah Armstrong)