• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.808-815
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• 2015

For performance improving of C-band radar altimeter used in a missile system, Ku-band radar altimeter is developed. To utilize the time delay devices which are used in testing C-band radar altimeter, we proposed C-band and Ku-band frequency conversion method and implemented it as a part of missile system test equipment. In this paper we present design contents, development results and test application results of radar altimeter test equipments.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.81-94
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• 2013

The Radar altimeter transmits radio signals to the surface, receives the backscattered signals and measures the distance between the airplane and the nadir surface. The measurements of radar altimeter are affected by various factors on the surface below the aircraft. This study performed flight campaigns in June 2012 and acquired raw data from radar altimeter, LiDAR and other sensors. Based on the LiDAR DSM (Digital Surface Model) as a reference data, the characteristics of radar altimeter were analyzed in the respect of range and surface area affecting on the receiving power of the radar altimeter. Consequently, the radar altimeter was strongly affected by the surface area within beam width and reflectivity related to RCS (Radar Cross Section) rather than range.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 1998.09a
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• pp.174-179
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• 1998

In this paper, the radar altimeter for topographic mapping over land is introduced and the characteristics of the return signals are analyzed. The radar system is described briefly and the requirements to get the fine resolution of the terrain surface height are considered. The designed radar altimeter was tested on the landscape in the near of Stuttgart. The measured data shows very fine profile of the test landscape and the height errors induced from different geometrical structure of the land surface are acquired in the measurement. In the test area, most characteristics of radar return signals over land could be tested and the results of the topographic mapping using our radar altimeter can be used for future radar altimeter development for land applications.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.95-100
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• 2012

Big swell is often generated offshore and damages the coasts after travelling long distance. In order to prevent coastal damages, wave measurements should be performed offshore as well as coastal waters around Korea. However, in-situ wave measurements are difficult because of high expense of instruments and high risk of operation. Satellite wave measurements using altimeter make it possible to get wave information from the sea difficult to execute field measurements such as the center of the East Sea or exclusive territorial waters. In order to use wave information from the satellite altimeter, it is important to verify altimeter wave data with in-situ data. This paper examines significant wave height data observed by ENVISAT altimeter by comparing wave data observed at Ieodo station.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.55-60
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• 2000

인공위성의 Radar Altimeter 자료를 통해 국지적인 중력이상을 조사하기 위하여 ERS-1 Altimeter를 이용하였다. ERS-1 Radar Altimeter는 조밀하게 인접한 데이터 간격(~8km)을 갖고 있어서 전지구적 규모뿐만 아니라 국지적인 연구에도 적합하다. 연구대상지역은 세 개의 판이 만나서 지진과 화산활동이 활발하게 진행되는 필리핀판 지역(동경1$10^{\circ}$~150$^{\circ}$, 북위 0$^{\circ}$~30$^{\circ}$)을 선정하였다. 이 지역에 대한 해저의 지형과 중력 이상 분석을 통해 판구조 운동의 여러 증거를 파악할 수 있다. ERS-1 Radar Altimeter를 통해 얻어진 지오이드 높이(Geoid geight)는 후리-에어 중력이상(Free-air gravity anomaly)으로 쉽게 전환시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Fast Fourier Transform(FFT)을 이용하여 지오이드기복을 직접 후리-에어 중력이상으로 전환시키는 Direct conversion method를 사용하였다. 후리-에어 중력이상은 지각평형과 직접적으로 연관되어 지각보상의 정도를 파악할 수 있게 하며 일반적으로 해양의 분지는 지각평형상태로 있어서 평균적인 중력이상은 0mgal 근처로 나타난다. 그러나 본 연구에서 살펴본 국지적인 후리-에어 중력이상은 판구조론과 관련한 해구난 호상열도에서는 해양분지에서의 평균적인 값과 다른 중력이상의 양상을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.749-756
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• 2013

This paper presents an algorithm concerning the ground altitude measurement using a laser altimeter and an ultrasonic rangefinder for UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). A simple ground test conducted using the laser altimeter and ultrasonic rangefinder that are used for conducting the low altitude measurement of UAV and identify the characteristics of each sensor. Especially, the disadvantages of the laser altimeter were checked through the ground test. After that who those are participated in this paper planned the algorithm which is complemented by the ultrasonic rangefinder and the experiment was conducted. The laser altimeter and the ultrasonic rangefinder were fused by a loosely coupled method by Kalman filter. The paper shows that stable value of altitude complemented by the ultrasonic rangefinder that covers the laser altimeter's drawbacks can be measured through the ground test.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.258-261
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• 2012

Helicopter-borne FMCW radar altimeter obtains the altitude information using the beat frequency between the transmitted and reflected signal from the nadir direction. However, the altitude error may exist when the strong echoes are received from the large RCS at the off-nadir direction because of the wide beamwidth of the altimeter antenna. In this paper, in order to investigate the effect of the altitude error due to the large RCS around the off-nadir direction, the reflected signals were measured by using the corner reflectors displaced on the several reference ground positions, and the acquired signals were analyzed and compared in the spectral domain. The analysis results can be used for the improvement of the altitude accuracy in the radar altimeter.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.363-370
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• 2015

The current waveform model of a laser altimeter is based on a Gaussian laser beam of fundamental mode, while the flattened Gaussian beam has many advantages such as nearly constant energy distribution on the center of the cross-section. Following the theory of the flattened Gaussian beam and the waveform theory of the laser altimeter, some of the primary parameters of the received waveform were derived, and a laser altimetry waveform simulator and waveform processing software were programmed and improved under the circumstance of a flattened Gaussian beam. The result showed that the bias between theoretical and simulated waveforms was less than 3% for every order mode, the waveform width and range error would increase as target slope or order number rose. Under higher order mode, the shapes of the received waveforms were no longer Gaussian, and could be fitted more precisely as a generalized Gaussian function with power bigger than 2. The flattened beam got much better performance for a multi-surface target, especially when the small surface is far from the center of the laser footprint. This article provides the waveform theoretical basis for the use of a flattened Gaussian beam in a laser altimeter.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.147-155
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• 2016

This paper presents a jamming detection and suppression algorithm of a frequency-modulated continuous-wave(FMCW) radar altimeter. The radar altimeter measures the noise level at the noise measuring period before the transmitting and receiving period and finds the number of sampled noise data over the jamming threshold for detecting the jamming. For a jamming suppression technique, we design the time domain jamming suppression, transmit/receive power control and frequency hopping methods. To assess more realistic operation, the radar altimeter was performed a field test. Through the field test, we verified the algorithms successfully.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.272-279
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• 2016

Many researches on use of local ground navigation systems can be found to overcome vulnerability of GNSS. Effective use of an altimeter is proposed in GNSS/DME integrated navigation systems. A weighted DOP based on statistics of measurement error is derived for a given vehicle motion trajectory. From the derived DOP, the vertical error is estimated. By comparing the estimated vertical error with error specification of the altimeter, use of the altimeter is determined in the GPS/DME integrated navigation systems. In order to show effectiveness of the proposed method, 50 times Monte-Carlo simulations were performed for a GPS/DME integrated navigation system. The results show that the proposed method gives more accurate navigation outputs when the number of GPS satellites in view varies.