TY - GEN
T1 - Mitigating threats of small vessels to maritime security
AU - Trischitta, Patrick R.
AU - Salloum, Hady
AU - Bunin, Barry
AU - Orton, Philip
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper discusses technology solutions that may be used to mitigate potential threats and security risks arising from small vessels operating in a busy urban maritime domain such as the New York / New Jersey maritime domain. The solutions focus on persistent surveillance by detecting, tracking, and classifying small vessels, and address the risk posed by these vessels. In a series of experiments conducted in the Hudson River, we collected and analyzed data from various sensors and evaluated several potential technology solutions for detecting these security threats. The threats are addressed across multiple scenarios, ranging from man-made threats to coastal hazards, using assets including radars; acoustic and infrared sensors; vessels and vehicles; and oceanographic and meteorologic prediction tools focused on the water surface, underwater, and urban environments. The results of our experiments show that the combination of sensors provides a valuable means to identify small vessels that may pose a threat in a busy harbor.
AB - This paper discusses technology solutions that may be used to mitigate potential threats and security risks arising from small vessels operating in a busy urban maritime domain such as the New York / New Jersey maritime domain. The solutions focus on persistent surveillance by detecting, tracking, and classifying small vessels, and address the risk posed by these vessels. In a series of experiments conducted in the Hudson River, we collected and analyzed data from various sensors and evaluated several potential technology solutions for detecting these security threats. The threats are addressed across multiple scenarios, ranging from man-made threats to coastal hazards, using assets including radars; acoustic and infrared sensors; vessels and vehicles; and oceanographic and meteorologic prediction tools focused on the water surface, underwater, and urban environments. The results of our experiments show that the combination of sensors provides a valuable means to identify small vessels that may pose a threat in a busy harbor.
KW - port security
KW - small vessel threats
KW - urban security
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U2 - 10.1109/THS.2012.6459926
DO - 10.1109/THS.2012.6459926
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874555585
SN - 9781467327084
T3 - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2012
SP - 654
EP - 659
BT - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2012
T2 - 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2012
Y2 - 13 November 2012 through 15 November 2012
ER -