CTBT integrated verification system evaluation model supplement

Technical Report · Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/752611· OSTI ID:752611

EDENBURN, MICHAEL W; BUNTING, MARCUS; PAYNE, JR, ARTHUR C; TROST, LAWRENCE C

Sandia National Laboratories has developed a computer based model called IVSEM (Integrated Verification System Evaluation Model) to estimate the performance of a nuclear detonation monitoring system. The IVSEM project was initiated in June 1994, by Sandia's Monitoring Systems and Technology Center and has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nonproliferation and National Security (DOE/NN). IVSEM is a simple, ''top-level,'' modeling tool which estimates the performance of a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) monitoring system and can help explore the impact of various sensor system concepts and technology advancements on CTBT monitoring. One of IVSEM's unique features is that it integrates results from the various CTBT sensor technologies (seismic, in sound, radionuclide, and hydroacoustic) and allows the user to investigate synergy among the technologies. Specifically, IVSEM estimates the detection effectiveness (probability of detection), location accuracy, and identification capability of the integrated system and of each technology subsystem individually. The model attempts to accurately estimate the monitoring system's performance at medium interfaces (air-land, air-water) and for some evasive testing methods such as seismic decoupling. The original IVSEM report, CTBT Integrated Verification System Evaluation Model, SAND97-25 18, described version 1.2 of IVSEM. This report describes the changes made to IVSEM version 1.2 and the addition of identification capability estimates that have been incorporated into IVSEM version 2.0.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 752611
• Report Number(s): SAND2000-0573; TRN: US0003276
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 2 Mar 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
CTBT
VERIFICATION
I CODES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION
PERFORMANCE
DATA PROCESSING
SEISMIC DETECTION
SEISMIC ARRAYS
RADIATION MONITORS
ACOUSTIC MONITORING
SNYERGY
INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY
DATA FUSION
SENSOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION
TREATY VERIFICATION
MODEL