The application of unattended ground sensors to stationary targets

Conference · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:474938

Sleefe, G E ^[1]; Peglow, S ^[2]; Hamrick, R ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
3. ENSCO Inc., Springfield, VA (United States)

The unattended sensing of stationary (i.e. non-mobile) targets is important in applications ranging from counter-proliferation to law enforcement. With stationary targets, sources of seismic, acoustic, and electro-magnetic emissions can potentially be used to detect, identify, and locate the target. Stationary targets have considerably different sensing requirements than the traditional mobile-target unattended ground sensor applications. This paper presents the novel features and requirements of a system for sensing stationary targets. In particular, issues associated with long-listen time signal processing for signal detection, and array processing techniques for signal localization are presented. Example data and signal processing outputs from a stationary target will be used to illustrate these issues. The impact on sensor, electronic signal processing, battery subsystem, and communication requirements will also be discussed. The paper will conclude with a detailed comparison between mobile-target and stationary-target unattended ground sensor architectures.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 474938
• Report Number(s): SAND-97-0970C; CONF-970465-15; ON: DE97005381; TRN: 97:010427
• Resource Relation: Conference: SPIE international conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 21-25 Apr 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
REMOTE SENSING
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
SAFEGUARDS
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
GROUND LEVEL
DATA PROCESSING
POWER SUPPLIES
TELEMETRY
SEISMIC DETECTION
ACOUSTIC MONITORING
RADIATION DETECTION
SPECIFICATIONS