Area and Depth Coverage Assessment for Acoustic Unexploded Ordnance Detection Surveys
Abstract
Low frequency synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) is a key technique for the detection and characterization of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the underwater environment. For buried UXO, however, it is rather difficult to determine the range and depth up to which the detection of UXO is feasible. This critically depends on the detection system properties, environmental properties such as water depth and sediment type, target properties, and the actual burial depth up to which UXO needs to be detected. For the evaluation of the effectiveness of UXO detection surveys, it is therefore necessary to assess which area effectively has been covered by the survey, and up to which depth effective coverage has been obtained. The objective of the current project is to develop an approach for coverage assessment. The development and evaluation of the coverage assessment methodology is supported by using data examples acquired with TNOs low-frequency synthetic aperture sonar (LF-SAS) system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1217112
Entities
People
- A. J. Duijster
- D. W. Van Der Burg
- I. Mulders
- J. J. Van De Sande
- Mark Prior
- Marten Nijhof
- Robbert Van Vossen