Discrimination Report: ESTCP UXO Discrimination Study, ESTCP Project No. MM-0437.

Gasperikova, E. ; Becker, A. ; Smith, J. T. ; Morrison, H. F.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Explosives detection;    Unexploded ammunition;    Discriminate analysis;    Scrap metal;    Buried objects;   

RP-ID  :  DE2008926907

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The FY06 Defense Appropriation contains funding for the 'Development of Advanced, Sophisticated, Discrimination Technologies for UXO Cleanup' in the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program. In 2003, the Defense Science Board observed: 'The problem is that instruments that can detect the buried UXOs also detect numerous scrap metal objects and other artifacts, which leads to an enormous amount of expensive digging. Typically 100 holes may be dug before a real UXO is unearthed. The Task Force assessment is that much of this wasteful digging can be eliminated by the use of more advanced technology instruments that exploit modern digital processing and advanced multi-mode sensors to achieve an improved level of discrimination of scrap from UXOs.' Significant progress has been made in discrimination technology. To date, testing of these approaches has been primarily limited to test sites with only limited application at live sites. Acceptance of discrimination technologies requires demonstration of system capabilities at real UXO sites under real world conditions.