Magnetic detection of underwater targets in very shallow water for searches at high speeds

Author

Clem, T.R. ; Overway, D.J. ; Purpura, J.W. ; Bono, J.T.

Author_Institution

Coastal Syst. Station, Panama City, FL, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

50

Abstract

A test has been conducted to demonstrate the detection, classification, and localization (DCL) of targets in the very shallow water (VSW) and surf-zone (SZ) regions using high performance magnetic sensors towed on the surface at high speeds. Targets in as little as 5 feet of water were detected and accurately localized at speeds as high a 30 knots. In particular, one low-ferrous target was detected at ranges exceeding 6 m. This performance can equate to a high area coverage rate for some mine hunting operations against both proud bottom, buried, and volume targets

Keywords

buried object detection; magnetic sensors; magnetometers; military equipment; naval engineering; time series; 5 feet; buried targets; electron-spin resonance; high area coverage rate; high performance magnetic sensors; high speed searches; low-ferrous target; magnetic detection; mine hunting; multichannel tensor gradiometer; proud bottom targets; surf-zone regions; tow system; underwater targets; very shallow water; volume targets; Acoustic signal detection; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Solids; Superconducting magnets; Tensile stress; Underwater tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2001. MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-933957-28-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968670

Filename

968670