Evaluation of Footprint Reduction Methodology at the Cuny Table

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in the Former Badlands Bombing Range (1999 ESTCP Project)

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UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

1.1 BACKGROUND 1

1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE DEMONSTRATION . 1

1.3 REGULATORY DRIVERS . 2

1.4 DEMONSTRATION RESULTS 2

1.5 STAKEHOLDERS/END-USER ISSUES . 2

2.0 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION . 3

2.1 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION (AIRBORNE MAGNETOMETER SYSTEM)

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2.2 PROCESS DESCRIPTION 4

2.3 PREVIOUS TESTING OF THE TECHNOLOGY 5

2.4 ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY . 5

3.0 DEMONSTRATION DESIGN . 7

3.1 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES . 7

3.2 SELECTION OF TEST SITES . 7

3.3 TEST SITE HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS – CUNY TABLE . 8

3.4 PHYSICAL SET-UP AND OPERATION . 11

3.4.1 Overall Survey . 11

3.4.2 Calibration Test Site 12

3.4.3 Physical Set-Up of Airborne Technology 12

3.5 SAMPLING PROCEDURES . 13

4.0 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT . 15

4.1 PERFORMANCE DATA 15

4.1.1 Overall Conclusions . 16

4.1.2 Calibration Test Site Performance 16

4.1.3 Survey Site Performance . 17

4.1.4 IDA Assessment of Performance and Conclusions . 17

4.1.4.1 Analysis of ORNL HM3™ Data 17

4.1.4.2 Comparison with Ground-Based Geophysics . 19

4.1.4.3 Conclusions . 21

4.2 DATA ASSESSMENT 22

4.2.1 Airborne System Detection Parameters 22

4.2.2 Limitations and Considerations 23

4.3 TECHNOLOGY COMPARISON 23

5.0 COST ASSESSMENT . 25

5.1 COST REPORTING 25

5.1.2 Typical Airborne Survey Costs 26

5.1.3 Ground-Based Towed Array Technology Cost Comparison 28

5.1.4 Adjusted Cost Comparison . 29

5.2 COST ANALYSIS 30

5.3 COST COMPARISON 31

6.0 IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES 33

6.1 COST OBSERVATIONS 33

6.2 PERFORMANCE OBSERVATIONS . 33

6.3 SCALE-UP . 33

6.4 OTHER SIGNIFICANT OBSERVATIONS 34

6.5 LESSONS LEARNED . 34

6.6 END-USER ISSUES 34

6.7 APPROACHES TO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND ACCEPTANCE . 35

7.0 REFERENCES 37

APPENDIX A POINTS OF CONTACT . A-1

APPENDIX B CALIBRATION SITE ORDNANCE, SIMULANTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS B-1