Use of the visual range of detection to estimate effective sweep width for land search and rescue based on 10 detection experiments in North America.

Robert J. Koester; Kenneth B Chiacchia; Charles R Twardy; Donald C Cooper; John R Frost; R Quincy Robe

doi:10.1016/j.wem.2013.09.016

Use of the visual range of detection to estimate effective sweep width for land search and rescue based on 10 detection experiments in North America.

Robert J. Koester
, Kenneth B Chiacchia
, Charles R Twardy
, Donald C Cooper
, John R Frost
, R Quincy Robe

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Although additional experiments are required for the medium- and low-visibility search objects and in the dry-domain ecoregion, we suggest search planners use the following correction factors to convert field-measured Rd to an estimate of the effective sweep width (W): high-visibility W = 1.8 × Rd; medium-visibility W = 1.6 × Rd; and low-visibility W = 1.1 × Rd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	132-142
Journal	Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2013.09.016
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

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