| Additional Analysis of the ESTCP Discrimination Study Data at Camp Sibert, Alabama. Project 200504: Practical Discrimination Strategies for Application to Live Sites |
20-Oct-2008 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Billings; Leonard Pasion; Laurens Beran; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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 | Geonics EM61 cart, MTADS EM61 and EM-63 cart data from Camp Sibert were investigated to determine of the number of can't analyze anomalies could be reduced and more objective stop-digging criteria selected. Many of the can't analyze anomalies in the MTADS EM61 were caused by cart-bounce along North-South transects and could be avoided by using only East-West transect data. However, poor data coverage increased the chances of generating false negative ... |
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| Demonstration of Helicopter Multi-sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry at Former Camp Beale, California |
01-Oct-2008 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
David Wright; Jack Foley; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| Helicopter Multisensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry (HeliMag) technology was demonstrated as part of the ESTCP Wide Area Assessment Pilot Program. This report documents the acquisition, processing, analysis, and interpretation of Helicopter Multisensor Towed Array Detection System Magnetometry data for unexploded ordnance related sites at nearly 5,000 acres at former Camp Beale, California. The performance criteria for positioning accuracy, system noise, data density, MEC parameter estimates, and operating parameters ... |
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| Innovative GIS and Information Technologies Supporting Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites |
Oct-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| Demonstration of Innovative GIS and Information Technologies for Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites documents the development and use of Geographic Information Systems and Information Technologies for the management, analysis and communication of data for Wide Area Assessment surveys. Funding for this project was provided by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Office. This project offered the opportunity to develop and standardize procedures to manage, manipulate, process and visualize the ... |
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| Data Modeling, Feature Extraction, and Classification of Magnetic and EMI Data, ESTCP Discrimination Study, Camp Sibert, AL. Demonstration Report |
Sep-2008 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Billings; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| An ESTCP-sponsored demonstration was conducted at the Former Camp Sibert, Alabama, where the objective was to discriminate potentially hazardous 4.2 mortars from non-hazardous shrapnel, range and cultural debris. Nine different discrimination techniques were tested and used data from the MTADS magnetometer array, a Geonics EM61 cart, the MTADS EM61 array and the Geonics EM63. Discrimination was achieved using either rule-based or statistical classification of feature vectors extracted from dipole or ... |
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| Demonstration of Helicopter Multi-Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry Technology at Pueblo Precision Bombing Range #2, Colorado |
28-Aug-2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; David Wright; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| The Pueblo Precision Bombing Range is located in Otero County, Colorado. This site is classified by the United States Government as a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) and was a World War II-era military training facility. This demonstration utilized Helicopter Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry (HeliMag) technology, a wide area assessment technology. A data collection survey was conducted in September of 2005 and resulted in the survey of ... |
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| Demonstration Report for Geonics EM-63 Cued-Interrogation Data Collection, Processing and Archiving at Camp Sibert, Alabama |
Aug-2008 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Billings; Kevin Kingdon; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| This report describes the data collection, processing and archiving of Geonics EM-63 time-domain electromagnetic data over selected anomalies within Site 18 of the Camp Sibert FUDS) In May 2007, cued-interrogation data were collected over 200 anomalies in a blind-test scenario and 38 items in a GPO. The cued-data were collected dynamically along 11 North-South lines spaced 30 cm apart, 3 East-West lines spaced 50 cm apart and on two pitch ... |
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| Wide Area UXO Screening with the Multi-Sensor Fixed-Wing Airborne System MARS |
Feb-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Billings; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| This project is being conducted to demonstrate and certify a fixed-wing platform for deploying low altitude remote sensing technologies that can be used to help meet the increasing demand on the Department of Defense (DoD) for low-cost, high-resolution wide area assessment (WAA) of former and active military facilities contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO). The Minimum Altitude Remote Sensing (MARS) system can provide DoD the ability to characterize large sites cost ... |
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| Demonstration of LiDAR and Orthophotography for Wide Area Assessment at Pueblo Precision Bombing Range #2, Colorado |
Jan-2008 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| Unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination is a high-priority problem for the Department of Defense (DoD). Recent DoD estimates of UXO contamination across approximately 1,400 DoD sites indicate that 10 million acres are suspected of containing UXO. Because many sites are large in size (greater than 10,000 acres), the investigation and remediation of these sites could cost billions of dollars. However, on many of these sites only a small percentage of the ... |
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| Demonstration of Airborne Wide Area Assessment Technologies at the Toussaint River, Ohio |
17 APR 2007 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; David Wright; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| The former Erie Army Depot, Ottawa County, Ohio, is located along the western shore of Lake Erie. This site and the associated impact areas are classified by the United States Government as Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) and was formerly used for artillery testing, resulting in impact areas on land and in Lake Erie. This demonstration utilized Helicopter Multi-Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Magnetometry (HeliMag) technology, a wide area assessment ... |
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| Sensor Orientation Effects on UXO Geophysical Target Discrimination |
DEC 2006 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| Use of electromagnetic (EM) methods to discriminate frag and geology from unexploded ordnance (UXO) has shown steady improvement over time as demonstrated by test site results. Performance of off- the-shelf and customized EM sensors have increased both in terms of UXO probability of detection and false alarm rate. Parallel with the increase in capabilities of UXO detection and discrimination is the Increasing use of digital geophysical techniques on live sites. ... |
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| A Unified Approach to UXO Discrimination Using the Method of Auxiliary Sources |
12 OCT 2006 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Leonard R. Pasion; Lin-Ping Song; Nicolas Lhomme; Fridon Shubitidze; Douglas W. Oldenburg; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| The research described in this report was conducted in support of Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) SEED Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Statement of Need UXSEED-05-02, Innovative Approaches to Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Cleanup. A SERDP SEED research and development project UX-1446 entitled A Unified Approach to UXO Discrimination Using the Method of Auxiliary Sources was proposed in response to the above BAA. The main emphasis of this research was ... |
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