Mobile Underwater Debris Survey System (MUDSS)

Summey, Delbert C.; McCormick, J.F.; Carroll, P

doi:10.1109/oceans.1999.799769

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“…Magnetic sensors measure either the total field or a vector field and/or field gradient and are typically either cesium vapor or fluxgate magnetometer based sensors. A typical example of magnetic anomaly detection systems which have been utilized for marine UXO detection include the Marine Towed Array with eight cesium-vapor magnetometers [97] and the mobile underwater debris survey system (MUDSS) which used a cryogenically cooled, superconducting magnetic field gradiometer in addition to three sonar and an electro-optic sensor [98,104].…”

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Superconductivity and the environment: a Roadmap

Nishijima

Eckroad

Marian

et al. 2013

Supercond. Sci. Technol.

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There is universal agreement between the United Nations and governments from the richest to the poorest nations that humanity faces unprecedented global challenges relating to sustainable energy, clean water, low-emission transportation, coping with climate change and natural disasters, and reclaiming use of land. We have invited researchers from a range of eclectic research areas to provide a Roadmap of how superconducting technologies could address these major challenges confronting humanity.Superconductivity has, over the century since its discovery by Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911, promised to provide solutions to many challenges. So far, most superconducting technologies are esoteric systems that are used in laboratories and hospitals. Large science projects have long appreciated the ability of superconductivity to efficiently create high magnetic fields that are otherwise very costly to achieve with ordinary materials. The most successful applications outside of large science are high-field magnets for magnetic resonance imaging, laboratory

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Section: Jia Du Csiromentioning

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Superconductivity and the environment: a Roadmap

Nishijima

Eckroad

Marian

et al. 2013

Supercond. Sci. Technol.

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“…In FY 1999 the low Tc superconducting gradiometer used in MADOM was the premiere sensor in an unscripted survey to locate unexploded ordnance in the Technology Demonstration of the Mobile Underwater Debris Survey System (MUDSS) [2], [6]. It successfully detected buried targets and was effective in an environment that limited the performance of the acoustic and optic sensors utilized in the test.…”

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Magnetic Sensors Project

Clem¹

2001

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Magnetic sensing can be used to enhance operations for mine hunting [1]-[3]. It is effective against totally buried ferrous targets since the magnetic signals generated by the target are neither attenuated nor distorted passing through the sea floor. Buried mine detection and significant reduction in false alarm rates were demonstrated in the Magnetic and Acoustic Detection of Mines (MADOM) Advanced Technology Demonstration using a 5-channel superconducting tensor gradiometer [1]. In the MADOM sea testing, more than 98% of the acoustically mine-like clutter was not magnetically mine-like. Requirements describing capability gaps for buried mine detection and false alarm reduction are documented in MNS-M042-85-93 (Mission Need Statement for Mine Countermeasures), MNS-M025-003-92 (Mission Need Statement for Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures), and OR 282-03-92 (Operation Requirements for Buried Mine Detector).

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High-T/sub c/ SQUID gradiometer for mobile magnetic anomaly detection

Clem¹,

Overway²,

Purpura³

et al. 2001

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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The prototype for a nitrogen-cooled high-T, SQUID gradiometer has been developed and is being evaluated for magnetic anomaly detection of underwater targets in mobile surveys. The prototype's design is based on the concept of the Three-Sensor Gradiometer (TSG). In the TSG approach, balance of two independent SQUID magnetometers is more difficult to attain than for conventional low-T, gradiometers in which signal subtraction occurs prior to a single SQUID stage. Experiments have been conducted using a platform-motion simulator to evaluate performance of this gradiometer for mobile operation. Sensor configuration, experimental procedures, approaches for improved performance, and empirical results are reported. Interesting results of predictions to estimate detection range obtained from matched-filter calculations are included. The paper concludes with a description of current preparations for a sea test of this sensor and a perspective of future developments.

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Mobile Underwater Debris Survey System (MUDSS)

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Superconductivity and the environment: a Roadmap

Superconductivity and the environment: a Roadmap

Magnetic Sensors Project

High-T/sub c/ SQUID gradiometer for mobile magnetic anomaly detection

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