• Title/Summary/Keyword: unexploded ordnance (UXO)

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Magnetic Field Inversion and Intra-Inversion Filtering using Edge-Adaptive, Gapped Gradient-Nulling Filters: Applications to Surveys for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)

  • Rene, R.M.;Kim, K.Y.;Park, C.H.
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2006
  • Estimations of depth, magnetic orientation, and strength of dipole moments aid discrimination between unexploded ordnance (UXO) and non-UXO using magnetic surveys. Such estimations may be hindered by geologic noise, magnetic clutter, and overlapping tails of nearby dipole fields. An improved method of inversion for anomalies of single or multiple dipoles with arbitrary polarization was developed to include intra-inversion filtering and estimation of background field gradients. Data interpolated to grids are flagged so that only nodes nearest to measurement stations are used. To apply intra-inversion filtering to such data requires a gapped filter. Moreover, for data with significant gaps in coverage, or along the edges or corners of survey areas, intra-inversion filters must be appropriately modified. To that end, edge-adaptive and gapped gradient-nulling filters have been designed and tested. Applications are shown for magnetic field data from Chongcho Lake, Sokcho, Korea and the U. S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

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Technique of magnetic survey for UXO discrimination (UXO(Unexploded Ordnance) 탐지를 위한 자력탐사 기술)

  • Park, In-Seok;Kim, Hyun-Do;Kim, Jin-Hoo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.158-159
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    • 2005
  • The paper presents a method for location of subsurface UXOs. The approach utilities gradient interpretation techniques (analytic signal, horizontal gradient and Euler methods) to locate the objects. Then, linear least-squares technique, we obtain the magnetization location of the sources. We demonstrate the practical utility of the method using marine magnetic field data.

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Detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) using marine magnetic gradiometer data (해양 자력구배 탐사자료를 이용한 UXO 탐지)

  • Salem Ahmed;Hamada Toshio;Asahina Joseph Kiyoshi;Ushijima Keisuke
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.97-103
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    • 2005
  • Recent development of marine magnetic gradient systems, using arrays of sensors, has made it possible to survey large contaminated areas very quickly. However, underwater Unexploded Ordnances (UXO) can be moved by water currents. Because of this mobility, the cleanup process in such situations becomes dynamic rather than static. This implies that detection should occur in near real-time for successful remediation. Therefore, there is a need for a fast interpretation method to rapidly detect signatures of underwater objects in marine magnetic data. In this paper, we present a fast method for location and characterization of underwater UXOs. The approach utilises gradient interpretation techniques (analytic signal and Euler methods) to locate the objects precisely. Then, using an iterative linear least-squares technique, we obtain the magnetization characteristics of the sources. The approach was applied to a theoretical marine magnetic anomaly, with random errors, over a known source. We demonstrate the practical utility of the method using marine magnetic gradient data from Japan.

A Magnetic Survey on the Lake for the Detection of the Unexploded Ordnances (위험물탐지를 위한 수상 자력탐사)

  • Jo Churl-hyun;Jung Yong Hyun;Lee Hyo Jin
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-27
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    • 2003
  • A magnetic survey on the lake war carried out to explore the possible UXO (unexploded ordnance) under the water. A magnetic gradiometer with 2 magnetometer sensors was used, which measures total magnetic intensity. For the positioning of the measurement points on the water, RTK (real time kinematic) survey system was used. The theoretical responses were calculated assumming the dimension and the material of the UXO so that the detectability could be investigated. Since the areal size of the survey vessel was rather small, the influence from the magnetic material of the vessel and the other equipments such as a laptop computer was not negligible, and the influence did not remain constant during the survey due to the change of survey direction. These effects were reduced remarkably using moving average technique. The result reveals the lineament of a pipe line laid on the bottom of the lake, which can be regarded as an indirect proof of detectability of the method.

Closed-form Expressions of Magnetic Field and Magnetic Gradient Tensor due to a Circular Disk (원판형 이상체에 의한 자력 및 자력 변화율 텐서 반응식)

  • Rim, Hyoungrea
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.38-43
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    • 2022
  • In case axial symmetrical bodies with varying cross sections such as volcanic conduits and unexploded ordnance (UXO), it is efficient to approximate them by adding the response of thin disks perpendicular to the axis of symmetry. To compute the vector magnetic and magnetic gradient tensor respones by such bodies, it is necessary to derive an analytical expression of the circular disk. Therefore, in this study, we drive closed-form expressions of the vector magnetic and magnetic gradient tensor due to a circular disk. First, the vector magnetic field is obtained from the existing gravity gradient tensor using Poisson's relation where the gravity gradient tensor due to the same disk with a constant density can be transformed into a magnetic field. Then, the magnetic gradient tensor is derived by differentiating the vector magnetic field with respect to the cylindrical coordinates converted from the Cartesian coordinate system. Finally, both the vector magnetic and magnetic gradient tensors are derived using Lipschitz-Hankel type integrals based on the axial symmetry of the circular disk.