This book illustrates the benefits of sensor fusion by considering the characteristics of infrared, microwave, and millimeter-wave sensors, including the influence of the atmosphere on their performance.

Applications that benefit from this technology include:

• vehicular traffic management

• remote sensing

• target classification and tracking

• weather forecasting

• military and homeland defense

Covering data fusion algorithms in detail, Klein includes a summary of the information required to implement each of the algorithms discussed, and outlines system application scenarios that may limit sensor size but that require high resolution data.