• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.185-205
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• 2014

SAR ground moving target indicator (GMTI) has long been an important issue for SAR advanced applications. As spatial resolution of space-borne SAR system has been significantly improved recently, the GMTI becomes a very useful tool. Various GMTI techniques have been developed particularly using multi-channel SAR systems. It is, however, still problematic to detect ground moving targets within single channel SAR images while it is not practical to access high resolution multi-channel space-borne SAR systems. Once a ground moving target is detected, it is possible to retrieve twodimensional velocities of the target from single channel space-borne SAR with an accuracy of about 5 % if moving faster than 3 m/s. This paper presents a quick-and-dirty method for detecting ground moving targets from single channel SAR single-look complex (SLC) images by differentiation. Since the signal powers of derivatives present Doppler centroid and rate, it is very efficient and effective for detection of non-stationary targets. The derivatives correlate well with velocities retrieved by a precise method with a correlation coefficient $R^2$ of 0.62, which is well enough to detect the ground moving targets. While the approach is theoretically straightforward, it is necessary to remove the effects of residual Doppler rate before finalizing the ground moving target candidates. The confidence level of results largely depends on the efficiency and effectiveness of the residual Doppler rate removal method. Application results using TerraSAR-X and truck-mounted corner reflectors validated the efficiency of the method. While the derivatives of moving targets remain easily detectable, the signal energy of stationary corner reflectors was suppressed by about 18.5 dB. It results in an easy detection of ground targets moving faster than 8.8 km/h. The proposed method is applicable to any high resolution single channel SAR systems including KOMPSAT-5.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.229-232
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• 2005

This paper presents a preliminary analysis result on SAR-related journal papers published since 1960s. Abstracts of more than 2700 peer-reviewed English journal papers were collected and classified into various categories according to their systems, techniques, and application fields. Statistics on each category were provided so that one can understand historical and on-going development in SAR systems, techniques, and a variety of application fields such as land, ocean, cryosphere and atmosphere. This statistical data would be an essential guideline to establish a future SAR system application and satellite manoeuvring policy.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.104-108
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 전력보존에 근거하여 휴대 단말기에 의한 SAR 저감 방안을 제시한다. 흡수체 매질에서의 전파의 반사, 흡수 및 투과관계를 고찰하였으며 흡수체의 최대 흡수조건을 만족하기 위한 매질특성을 분석하였다. 정량적인 SAR 저감방식 논의를 위해 SRF(SAR Reduction Factor)를 정의한 후 다양한 흡수체의 구조에 따른 SAR 및 SRF를 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.1-15
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• 2000

Radar 영상은 능동적탐측기로서 밤과 낮의 구분없이 사용할 수 있고 또한 구름의 영향을 받지 않음으로 해서 여러 분야에서 사용되어왔다. 특히 SAR영상을 이용한 위상간섭법 (InSAR: Interferometric SAR)은 1990년대 초 미국의 JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)에서 사용하기 시작하여 현재 원격탐측, 지구과학, 지구물리학, 측량학, 토목, 환경분야등에 다양하게 활용되고 있는 SAR영상을 이용한 최신의 원격탐측 기술이라 하겠다. 본 논문에서는 InSAR 방법을 중심으로 SAR 영상을 이용한 지형복원 방법과 변위관측 방법에 대해서 알아본다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.443-447
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• 2005

The SAR measurement system with stationary probes, presented in this paper, can calculate area SAR value based ell the measured 9 electric field data. By converting obtained area SAR to the volume SAR, the results can be acquired in a few seconds. The system can be very useful tool in the stages of handset development for mobile communication as well as in the handset production line because of its rapid SAR measurement. The system showed good linearity characteristics at 835 MHz of 10 $\sim$ 27 dBm input power range.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.4-16
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• 2011

영상 레이다(Synthetic Aperture Radar: SAR)는 기상조건이나 주야에 관계없이 전천후로 광범위한 지역의 영상을 고해상도로 얻을 수 있는 능동형 전자파 레이다 센서이다. 최근 세계적으로 위성 SAR는 2010년을 기점으로 최근 3~4년 사이에 유사이래 가장 많은 13개 이상의 저궤도 소형 SAR 위성들을 발사함에 따라 비로소 "저궤도 위성 SAR 전성기"로 진입하게 되었다. 우리나라에서도 아리랑위성 5호(KOMPSAT-5)에 SAR를 탑재하는 최초의 레이다 위성을 올해 2011년에 발사할 계획을 가지고 있으나 아직 발사가 지연되고 있다. 본 기고에서는 2011년 9월 27~30일 서울에서 개최된 국제 영상 레이다 학술 대회 APSAR 2011(Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar)의 성공을 기념하여 마련된 SAR 기술 특집호에 최신 위성 SAR 개발 동향을 중심으로 기술 발전 추세와 전망에 대하여 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.401-404
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• 2004

SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) signal data need a focusing procedure to make the information available to the user. In recent SAR systems, various sensing modes and mission operations are applied to acquire high-resolution SAR images. Therefore, in order to develop generalized focusing software for multi-satellites, a regularized parameter configuration that sufficiently represents sensor and platform characteristics of the SAR system is required. The objective of this paper is to introduce the consideration of parameter definition for developing a generalized SAR processor and to discuss the flexibility and extensibility of defined parameters. The proposed parameter configuration can be applied to a SAR processor. Experiments based on real data will show the suitability of the suggested processing parameters.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.946-949
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• 2006

With repeated coverage, spaceborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) instruments provide the most efficient means to monitor and study the changes in important elements of the marine environment. Due to highresolution of SAR data, the coverage of SAR sensor is always limited, especially for a repeat cycle. With more SAR sensors from various satellites, new data products such as ocean surface drift can be derived when two SARs' tracks overlap in a short time over coastal areas. Currently, there are two SAR sensors on different satellites with almost the exactly same path. That is, ERS-2 is following ENVISAT with a 30-minutes delay, which will be a good timing for ocean mesosclae feature tracking. For another application, a mystery ship near a big eddy with strong ship wake has been tracked between ERS-2 and ENVISAT SAR images to estimate its ship speed.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.40-48
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• 2006

SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar, 이하 SAR) 위성영상은 광학 영상과는 달리 기상조건의 영향을 거의 받지 않아 대상지역의 주기적인 모니터링이 가능하며, 특정주파수 영역밴드에서는 지표면 투과탐지가 가능하여 재난, 재해, 국방, 환경 분야 등 점차 활용범위가 확대되고 있는 추세이다. 그간의 고해상도 광학위성영상의 기술 개발이 지속적으로 이루어진 상황이라면 그에 비해 영상처리절차가 비교적 까다롭고 복잡한 SAR 영상에 관한 기술개발은 영상 활용의 가치를 가늠해 볼 때 특히 국내 경우 많이 저조한 실정이다. 이와 같은 상황을 고려해 볼 때 현재 개발되고 앞으로 계획단계에 있는 SAR 지구관측 위성의 개발 동향을 파악함으로서 SAR 영상 활용기반구축 마련 및 장기적인 연구개발 계획수립에도 효과적으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.833-838
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose SAR(Specific absorption rate) reduction methods based on surface electric field distribution relation for mobile handsets. Proposed the new method that is able to consider improvement of the SAR from the very beginning step of developing the mobile handsets. Analysis of mobile handset with human body(head) using finite element method(FEM). Results of this method, SAR reduced about $50\;\%$.