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http://dx.doi.org/10.7846/JKOSMEE.2014.17.3.247

A Development of Remote Bird Observation System Using FMCW RADAR  

Lee, Hee-Yong (Kumho Marine Technology Co.)
Hwang, Hun-Gyu (Department of Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Choi, Myung-Gil (Kumho Marine Technology Co.)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy / v.17, no.3, 2014 , pp. 247-256 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, camera and RADAR are used for more effective and accurate observation of the bird migration. In recent years, many researches on the bird migration using RADAR are undertaking and in active, thus causes the advent of "RADAR ornithology" as a new academic field. Due to the lack of accessibility, economic feasibility and mobility of weather RADAR, airport searching RADAR and tracking RADAR, Nowadays, a marine RADAR is widely used for a bird observation. In this paper, we deals with a study on development of a remote bird observation system using marine FMCW RADAR, which monitors, records and analyzes bird movement by RADAR image processing and target recognition technology. Also, we conduct first test and second test for availability of the developed system, and verify the system to apply in bird observation domain. Consequently, we figured problems out, and correct the problems to improve the system. The developed system can apply in other domains such as environment evaluation. In the future, the system needs to improve accuracy of statistics and to track migration route of bird.
Keywords
FMCW RADAR; marine RADAR; bird monitoring; bird observation; RADAR ornithology;
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