Considerations for Siting and Design of Underwater Test Ranges

Author

Burton, William J.

Author_Institution

Chesapeake Div., Naval Facilities Eng. Command, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1981

fDate

16-18 Sept. 1981

Firstpage

624

Lastpage

628

Abstract

This paper reviews the major scientific, economic and political considerations that must be addressed in the siting and design of underwater test ranges that are used for the evaluation of mission performance of ships, submarines, and weapons systems. The process of design and placement of such ranges involves compromises principally among the geographic, oceanographic and environmental characteristics of candidate sites while at the same time minimizing the costs associated with the installation and operation of the range(s). This process, with particular emphasis on the impacts of environmental characteristics and shipping densities on site selection and range design, is given special attention.

Keywords

military vehicles; oceanographic techniques; ships; underwater vehicles; weapons; cost minimization; economic consideration; environmental characteristics; geographic characteristics; oceanographic characteristics; political consideration; scientific consideration; ship performance; shipping density; submarine performance; underwater test range design; weapon system; Acoustic devices; Radar tracking; Sensor arrays; Sonar equipment; Target tracking; Testing; Underwater acoustics; Underwater tracking; Underwater vehicles; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 81

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1981.1151495

Filename

1151495