Integrated Terrain Analysis Program Sponsors and Principal Activity

Department of Defense Sponsors and Principal Activity

ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

• Terrain evaluation for mobility in areas of interest across eastern Europe
• Identifying U.S. analog soil-terrain sites representing eastern Europe and the Korean Peninsula
• Technology development to characterize important soil parameters for IED/landmine detection
• Advancing technology to measure soil dust emission at high wind speeds and high flux rates
• Determining areas of high dust emission potential across the southwestern U.S.
• Developed methods for UAS-based thermal and optical sensors to predict subsurface moisture
• Developed methods for remote sensing imagery to predict soil strength for military operations

Army Research Office (2003-2012)

• Developed methods to predict soil/terrain conditions in areas of interest for military operations
• Characterized soil strength parameters for military installations in tropic, temperate, polar, and desert regions
• Developed technology to measure and monitor energy and mass balance across the soil-atmosphere boundary
• Developed new cost-effective methods to monitor ecosystem status, enhancing range sustainability
• Produced an innovative, cost-effective, soil-terrain model to predict location of cultural resource features
• Developed and tested portable technology for the rapid measurement of soil dust emission in remote locations

Army Yuma Proving Ground (1998-2018)

• High-resolution measurements of surface roughness for vehicle mobility and durability test courses
• Measurement of soil dielectric, seismic, thermal, and physical attributes: landmine/C-IED test lanes
• Developed technology to measure and monitor Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) type dust clouds
• Produced global physiographic, landcover, and climatic maps defining Military Operating Environments
• Investigated desert dust impacts on military equipment as applied to test operations
• Produced a series of soil and terrain maps linking YPG test areas with countries of interest
• Developing a GIS geospatial platform enhancing access to 20 years of YPG soil and terrain test data
• Comprehensive soil and terrain characterization of vehicle durability, mobility, and dust test courses
• Conducted cultural resource investigations to enhance use of YPG terrain for test operations
• Soil characterization for heavy vehicle test courses in Suriname

Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) (2009–2012)

• Analysis of ground impacts to radio frequency propagation
• Soil geophysical research and characterization of the YPG Joint Experimental Range Complex (JERC) in support of counter-IED operations

Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base (2009–2011)

• Development of comprehensive dust emission data for dust/sand storm forecasting in USACENTCOM AOR
• Generated detailed landform and land cover maps for CENTCOM AOR

Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine (2005-2007)

• Enhanced particulate matter (dust/aerosols) surveillance for Forward Operating Bases across southwest Asia
• Determined military personnel exposure levels of chemical elements in soils and dust

Other Department of Defense Project Sponsors

• Combat Capabilities Development Command (formerly Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
• Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, ERDC-CRREL (NVESD)
• Strategic Environmental Research and Development program (SERDP)
• US Military academy (USMA) West Point
• Air Force Research laboratory (AFRL)