Environmental Data Collection Sensor to Decision Aid

Abstract

Historical environmental data is very useful; however, it often suffers from incomplete coverage, low data density and perishability. Accurate near real-time environmental data is critical to the success of Mine Warfare operations as was demonstrated in Operation Iraqi Freedom in clearing the approach to the deep water port of Umm Qasr. Prior to the conflict information on seafloor bottom type, expected mine-case burial rates and water depth was inconsistent and dated. MCM ships had to proceed with extreme caution until the bottom types and bathymetry could be determined. Environmental data is needed to determine the right tactics, and minimize the time required to breech an area while maintaining a true sense of mine detection. Dynamic, near real-time, and historical data should be processed and merged onboard, and provided to tactical decision aids as the "best" environment to support Mine Countermeasures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426504

Entities

People

  • J. M. Null
  • James Hammack
  • Leonard D. Bibee
  • Michael M. Harris
  • William E. Avera

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Bathymetry
  • Bottom Loss
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Demonstrations
  • Detectors
  • Earth Sciences
  • Extraction
  • Military Research
  • Seabed
  • Sediments
  • Sonar
  • Tactical Decision Aids

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