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Airborne IR Sensing Technology.

NDT Update, September, 2003

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and emergency first- responders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have developed airborne infrared sensor technology that can aid emergency crews by detecting and mapping hazardous and toxic chemical plumes unleashed by disaster or terrorist acts.

The Airborne Spectral Photometric Collection Technology, known as ASPECT, is a high-tech sensor package on board a small aircraft operated by the EPA that allows for timely surveillance of gaseous chemical releases from a safe distance. ASPECT gives emergency first responders on the ground critical information regarding the size, shape, composition, and concentration of gas plumes emanating from disaster scenarios such as a derailed train, a factory explosion, or a...

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