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Discrimination and identification of unexploded ordinances (UXO) using airborne magnetic gradients

Jeoffreys, M.C. (2004) Discrimination and identification of unexploded ordinances (UXO) using airborne magnetic gradients. [Study Group Report]

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Abstract

The problem of discriminating the magnetic dipoles of objects on the surface of the earth, possible unexploded ordinances (UXO), from the effect of the earth’s magnetic field in airborne magnetic field gradient data was proposed. A model of simultaneous equations was developed which hoped to discriminate between the effect of the earth’s magnetic field and the possible UXO by solving for multiple dipoles using multiple data points. The simplifying assumption, that the location of each dipole is known, proved to produce unfavorable results when the flight path has a varying altitude making the model impractical. Current work suggests that a more practical solution to the problem can be achieved with subspace tracking.

Item Type:Study Group Report
Problem Sectors:None/Other
Aerospace and defence
Study Groups:Mathematics in Industry Study Groups in South Africa > MISGSA 2004: University of the Witwatersrand (19th - 23rd January 2004)
ID Code:63
Deposited By: Gordon White
Deposited On:04 Apr 2006
Last Modified:29 May 2015 19:46

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