Specific IR absorption and Raman spectra on intact viruses, fungi, and bacteria are extremely rare in the literature and is still considered in its infancy. Research into techniques for automatically detecting, classifying, and quantifying such signals would be highly relevant. Our research focuses on developing techniques for sensing vertical profiles of atmospheric parameters with a Mobile Profiler System. Instrumentation includes a wind radar, a radio acoustic sounding system, multi-channel microwave radiometers, met satellite data systems, and surface sensors. Special emphasis is placed on integrating data from diverse sources to develop combined soundings.
Opportunities exist for studies in field measurements, theory, and algorithm development.
It will be necessary to restore the original information content of the image to take full advantage of these advanced characteristics. One advantage to this type of approach is that it requires no prior knowledge of what's being viewed. Next generation systems are expected to operate over large bandwidths, passing multimedia data and voice in a robust manner that is resistant to jamming. Fully mobile terrestrial military systems will encounter all of the problems of commercial systems, and then some. The use of spread spectrum and other modulation methods requires new receiver architectures to achieve this goal.