GICHD mine dog testing project : soil sample results #5.

Barnett, James L. ; Phelan, James M. ; Archuleta, Luisa M. ; Donovan, Kelly L. ; Bender, Susan Fae Ann

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: Testing;    Afghanistan;    Weather;    Targets;    Performance Testing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/918325
RP-ID  :  SAND2004-0166
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  918325

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A mine dog evaluation project initiated by the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining is evaluating the capability and reliability of mine detection dogs. The performance of field-operational mine detection dogs will be measured in test minefields in Afghanistan containing actual, but unfused landmines. Repeated performance testing over two years through various seasonal weather conditions will provide data simulating near real world conditions. Soil samples will be obtained adjacent to the buried targets repeatedly over the course of the test. Chemical analysis results from these soil samples will be used to evaluate correlations between mine dog detection performance and seasonal weather conditions. This report documents the analytical chemical methods and results from the fifth batch of soils received. This batch contained samples from Kharga, Afghanistan collected in June 2003.