High Density LiDAR and Orthophotography in UXO Wide Area Assessment

Abstract

Since 2005, Environmental Security Technology Certification Program's (ESTCP) Wide Area Assessment (WAA) Pilot Program has explored the use of an integrated suite of airborne and ground-based technologies as a means to streamline the WAA process. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and orthophotography, the subjects of this demonstration, were used in conjunction with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), hyperspectral sensing, helicopter-based magnetometry, and towed-array magnetometry and electromagnetic induction (EMI), along with approaches to statistical modeling of transect design, in an integrated Geographical Information System (GIS)-based analytical environment. The first phase of the WAA Pilot Program examined three sites-the Pueblo Precision Bombing Range (PBR) site near Pueblo, Colorado; the Kirtland PBR site near Albuquerque, New Mexico; and the Victorville DBT "Y" site near Victorville, California. All three sites were desert bombing ranges with little vegetation and few nonmilitary land uses. The results of the first phase were positive. The combination of technologies employed were successfully used to locate munitions response sites (MRS) and munitions-related features to correct the initial conceptual site model (CSM) and to support further investigation by more expensive technologies that directly detect munitions components. The combination of technologies employed in the Pilot Program was cost-effective and provided a high degree of cross-validation, resulting in higher confidence in the overall results. As a result, a second phase was added to the program, including two additional sites. The first site, Former Camp Beale, is located approximately 20 miles from Marysville, California, just to the east of Beale AFB. The site covers approximately 18,263 acres and is more complex than the Phase 1 sites, with more vegetation types, more complex topography, and a wider variety of land uses. The second site was the Toussaint River site near Lake Erie.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA495748

Entities

People

  • Dale Bennett

Organizations

  • URS Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Images
  • Flight Speeds
  • High Density
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Munitions
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology