Demonstration of Airborne Wide Area Assessment Technologies at the Toussaint River, Ohio

Abstract

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 technology, to assist in the characterization of the shore and shallow areas in and around the Toussaint River relative to munitions contamination from historical activities at the Erie Army Depot and Camp Perry. A data collection survey was conducted in September of 2006 and resulted in the survey of 3,389 acres. Targets were selected using manual picking procedures and 1,904 anomalies were selected from the data to assess the distribution of metal objects across the study area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 2007
Accession Number
ADA478170

Entities

People

  • David Wright
  • Jack Foley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Magnetometers
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Unexploded Ammunition

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology