Mr. Lars M. Wells Profile

Lars M. Wells

Radar and Signal Analysis Manager at Sandia National Labs

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Proceedings Article | 12 August 2004 Paper

A portfolio of fine-resolution SAR images: continued

Armin Doerry, Vivian Gutierrez, Lars Wells

Proceedings Volume 5410, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.554430

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Ku band, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Image resolution, Radar, Image quality, Visualization, Printing, X band, Quality measurement

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Proceedings Article | 12 August 2004 Paper

A portfolio of fine-resolution SAR images

Armin Doerry, Vivian Gutierrez, Lars Wells

Proceedings Volume 5410, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542409

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Ku band, Image resolution, Radar, Image quality, Charge-coupled devices, X band, Quality measurement, Reflectivity, Unmanned aerial vehicles

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Proceedings Article | 12 August 2004 Paper

Current radar-responsive tag development activities at Sandia National Laboratories

Richard Ormesher, Kenneth Plummer, Lars Wells

Proceedings Volume 5410, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.541665

KEYWORDS: Radar, Modulation, Global Positioning System, Surveillance, Warfare, Software development, Stars, Target detection, Solids, Computer architecture

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Over the past ten years, Sandia has developed RF radar responsive tag systems and supporting technologies for various government agencies and industry partners. RF tags can function as RF transmitters or radar transponders that enable tagging, tracking, and location determination functions. Expertise in tag architecture, microwave and radar design, signal analysis and processing techniques, digital design, modeling and simulation, and testing have been directly applicable to these tag programs. In general, the radar responsive tag designs have emphasized low power, small package size, and the ability to be detected by the radar at long ranges. Recently, there has been an interest in using radar responsive tags for Blue Force tracking and Combat ID (CID). The main reason for this interest is to allow airborne surveillance radars to easily distinguish U.S. assets from those of opposing forces. A Blue Force tracking capability would add materially to situational awareness. Combat ID is also an issue, as evidenced by the fact that approximately one-quarter of all U.S. casualties in the Gulf War took the form of ground troops killed by friendly fire. Because the evolution of warfare in the intervening decade has made asymmetric warfare the norm rather than the exception, swarming engagements in which U.S. forces will be freely intermixed with opposing forces is a situation that must be anticipated. Increasing utilization of precision munitions can be expected to drive fires progressively closer to engaged allied troops at times when visual de-confliction is not an option. In view of these trends, it becomes increasingly important that U.S. ground forces have a widely proliferated all-weather radar responsive tag that communicates to all-weather surveillance. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the recent, current, and future radar responsive research and development activities at Sandia National Laboratories that support both the Blue Force Tracking and Combat ID application. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Departments of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.

Proceedings Article | 8 August 2003 Paper

Synthetic aperture radar: not just a sensor of last resort

Lars Wells, Armin Doerry

Proceedings Volume 5109, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487282

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Radar, Image resolution, Sensors, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antennas, Charge-coupled devices, Target detection, Receivers, Image processing

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Conference Committee Involvement (9)

Radar Sensor Technology XVI

23 April 2012 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Radar Sensor Technology XV

25 April 2011 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Radar Sensor Technology XIV

5 April 2010 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Radar Sensor Technology XIII

13 April 2009 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Radar Sensor Technology XII

18 March 2008 | Orlando, Florida, United States

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