Commercial-off-the-Shelf Vehicles for Towed Array Magnetometry.
Vehicular-towed magnetometer arrays have been used for MEC detection since the late 1980s. However, most vehicles are highly ferromagnetic, and the resulting magnetic self-signature can render the data useless. Several successful vehicle-towed magnetometer arrays have addressed the vehicle signature problem through the use of custom-built non-ferrous aluminum-framed vehicles which minimize vehicle self-signature. However, the cost of these vehicles was in excess of $100k, putting them out of range of commercial UXO contractors. The question is: Is this kind of expensive custom vehicle absolutely necessary to acquire high-quality towed array magnetometer data, or can a contractor employ a vehicle with a higher signature and filter out its effects. Under this project we tested a number of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) side-by-side utility vehicles (UTVs) by measuring their magnetic signature and seeing if the signature can be removed through simple filtering techniques to yield data of a similar quality to data obtained using a custom- built vehicle. The author finds that, with a properly selected vehicle and filter, a COTS vehicle can be used.
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Corporate Authors:
SAIC
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Authors:
- Siegel, Robert M
- Publication Date: 2007-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Edition: Technical Report
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: 17p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Filters; Magnetometers; Phased arrays; Technological innovations; Utility vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Commercial off-the-shelf
- Subject Areas: Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01173214
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: ESTCP-MM-0605
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 16 2010 12:42PM